[governance] Re: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic

[Milton L Mueller]

From: Stephane Bortzmeyer [mailto:bortzmeyer at internatif.org] 
>Besides playing with words, you do not explain how they are
>different. 

I will later in a full-length paper.

>If "managing bandwidth" mean shaping differently 
>HTTP and SIP, it *is* a violation of Net neutrality, 
>even if SIP is not "blocked".

Nonsense. Is the diffserv protocol of the IETF, a violation of net
neutrality? Is any use of QoS inherently bad? This is the kind of
overreaction that can kill the case for real NN. Its ridiculous for
public policy to legislate specific packet forwarding algorithms. 

>> Networks have a right to manage their bandwidth.
>
>This is a very vague statement. 

It's a short one, true. Needs elaboration, admittedly. Just like your
assertion that "shaping differently 
HTTP and SIP *is* a violation of Net neutrality".

>Is tearing down BitTorrent connections
>(what Comcast does) "managing bandwidth"?

No, it blocks a specific application. 

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