Likewise, for autonomous vehicles that may require instantaneous data transmission, black letter prohibitions on paid prioritization may actually stifle innovation instead of encouraging it.
After all, autonomous vehicles are the next gold rush, an industry that could be worth an estimated $7 trillion.
The only problem is that autonomous and connected cars don’t use wireless broadband to communicate.
To be sure, all cars of the future will need to communicate wirelessly, but what Comcast won’t acknowledge is that they won’t need the internet to do it.
LTE-V is exactly what it sounds like: a system where cars communicate to cellular towers over LTE.
But would the abolishment of net neutrality and the creation of paid fast lanes help speed the adoption of LTE-V communication in cars?
“The V2I messages that go over the network don’t have the latency requirements,” Abuelsamid said, “so paid prioritization provides no benefit.”. »
