[governance] Themes for the coming IGFs

Carlos Afonso ca at rits.org.br
Fri Dec 12 04:56:02 EST 2008


Not so fast, mate! :) I am in a hurry, can't reply right now in detail,
please do not drop anything in the meantime.

--c.a.

Ian Peter wrote:
> Hi Ralf,
> 
> To be very blunt about this - my personal opinion is that network neutrality
> is an unfortunate term which has distorted what was originally concerns
> about equitable access to content into endless debates about traffic shaping
> and carrier profitability. I'm all for dropping the term.
> 
> 
> 
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> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ralf Bendrath [mailto:bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de]
>> Sent: 12 December 2008 12:09
>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>> Subject: Re: [governance] Themes for the coming IGFs
>>
>> Ian Peter schrieb:
>>> I like the concept of broadening access to include, for instance
>>>
>>> * equitable access to carriage for content providers (often discussed
>>> within the net neutrality debate)
>>> * access to content without interference (the censorship debate)
>>> * access to devices for applications (the open systems debate, the end
>>> to end debate)
>>> Add these to physical access and you have an interesting set of issues
>>> to look at.
>> You want to discuss Network Neutrality, without saying it? ;-)
>>
>> I'm all for it, but the strategic implications of opening this can of
>> worms in Egypt at a UN conference need thorough discussion, I am afraid.
>>
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