Charter is among the cable operators that manage Internet traffic...
Charter is among the cable operators that manage Internet traffic to ensure it doesn’t bog down, said CEO Neil Smit: “We do manage our network,” he said when asked about net neutrality: “We're going to ensure that our service…
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is reliable and consistent.” The company, like other cable operators, supports voluntary net neutrality but not govt. intervention, he said: “I think there needs to be room to innovate in the market, and frankly the market forces will dictate the innovation… We need to be careful about continued development by rule which could stifle innovation.” Asked about Charter’s stance on charging content providers such as Google for prioritizing delivery of bandwidth intensive applications such as streaming video, the former AOL executive demurred: “I think there is an opportunity around what we used to call in the Internet space ‘preferred placement.’ Whether that model could work here I'm not sure.” Cable operators are open to charging content providers for such prioritization, industry sources have said (CD Feb 15 p7).