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class=140052419-03042006>Bret, I certainly see it as a global issue - the
nature of the threat takes different form in different countries, but includes
actions such as</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=140052419-03042006>attempts to regulate and charge VOIP as some sort of
different case to other Internet traffic in order to defend telco monopoly
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class=140052419-03042006>attempts to regulate and promote broadcast
style channels of advertiser supported Internet content on free to air or
cable (or in some cases mobile) to provide a limited access to a
subset of Internet content - and to make that so widely available that
the wider (non advertiser supported) Internet by default becomes some sort of
second class network</SPAN></FONT></DIV></LI>
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class=140052419-03042006>I would probably extend the definition to attempts
(even one Australian political party has done this) to regulate ISPs to
provide a default set of "safe" Internet content, with subscribers having to
"opt in" to the "non-safe" content if they want the rest of the Internet. That
sort of action takes several forms in a number of countries. China usually
gets a mention here but I am sure there are many others. This latter might be
stretching the definition a little, but if the principles of net neutrality
were better understood and the phenomenal media growth and
innovation which have sprung from this unique aspect of the Internet were
better appreciated, regulators might think differently about this range
of issues.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></LI></UL>
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class=140052419-03042006>Ian Peter</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org
[mailto:governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Bret
Fausett<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 4 April 2006 1:29 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Governance'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance] Net neutrality &
IG<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=156372422-02042006><FONT size=2>When I
think about "net neutrality" I think about a bundle of U.S.-centric issues
regarding the way ISPs service the last mile connection to the
Internet. Perhaps this is just my view as a U.S. citizen. Is "net
neutrality" a global issue? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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