Broadband providers could demand compensation to support cloud gaming services, claims expert
Net neutrality advocates have argued that if a customer is paying for a certain speed of connection from their broadband provider, they should be free to use that speed for whatever they like.
However, Mason said that broadband providers price services based on predicted demand for bandwidth.
“I would expect that any kind of issue for cloud gaming is going to show up and going to annoy users quite quickly, and who are the users going to talk to when this happens? It's likely to be their ISP,” said Mason. “The ISP is going to get the blame regardless of whether it's actually the ISP’s fault or not, so support costs will go through the roof as well.”Cloud gaming executives argue that their services are more of an opportunity than a burden for broadband providers.
Cloud gaming is the “perfect” reason to upsell customers to faster, more expensive connections, he argued.
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