What I don't understand about these priority lanes, is this: is it only problematic for American ISP users, or for the rest of the world as well? I assume hubski has an American host, does that mean that with these paid priority lanes, connections across borders will be throttled as well?
I don't believe so. A cross-border connection goes from the provider's Tier 3 ISP, up to a Tier 1 ISP, back down thru the other country's citizen's Tier 3 ISP. It's the consumer-facing Tier 3 ISPs in America which are violating Net Neutrality. Tier 1 providers are typically international and Net Neutrality generally benefits them. Big services like Netflix have business-grade service with their providers (often CDNs above Tier 3 level), which dictate upstream bandwidth as part of the contract.does that mean that with these paid priority lanes, connections across borders will be throttled as well?
I did some creeping. Hubski appears to be hosted by DigitalOcean, who say they have servers in "Amsterdam, San Francisco, New York, and Singapore". But their website says you "Select the best location," which leads me to believe there's a single static location. A traceroute leads me to New York. Though I can't guarantee people outside the US get the same route. I mean, I could, but I appear to have reached the limits of my curiosity.I assume hubski has an American host