[OPLINTECH] will it change?

[Don Yarman]

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You're right, Tim. The carrier circuits are just transport; "neutrality"
is irrelevant. And the giant chunk of Internet service we purchase
from OARnet via OIT is unlikely to have content-specific pricing,
prioritization, or throttling.

                    Don  Yarman
                    Director, Ohio Public Library Information Network
                    2323 W Fifth Ave Suite 130, Columbus OH 43204
                    don at oplin.ohio.gov | 614.728.5250

Currently listening to semi-finalist Audie Award nominees, and
reading "After the End of the World" by Jonathan L Howard.

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Tim Burns via OPLINTECH
<oplintech at lists.oplin.org> wrote:
> My understanding is that OPLIN (and SONNET —I dont’ know what they call
> Ohio’s fiber today—  yes, I’m from the 80’s) are network connected without
> neutrality regulation? Generally private links, not “Last mile ISP” like
> what patrons (or we) would have at home… or on our data phones.
>
> Am I wrong to portray the library internet as unthrottled?
>
> Tim Burns
> Technology Support Specialist
> Birchard Public Library of Sandusky County Ohio
> tim.burns at birchard.lib.oh.us
> telephone: (419) 334-7101 extension: 239