[governance] What is Network Neutrality - was; a very grounded and divergent perspective on Net Neutrality

[McTim]

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
<snip>

> 'they may own the networks, but the Internet is ours'.

It's more like "I own my network, you own yours, they own theirs, but
collectively, the Internet is greater than the sum of it's constituent
parts"

>
> I agree that it is a crucial and a difficult time for global public interest
> advocates interested in 'saving the Internet' in its original open, public
> and egalitarian conception. For this purpose we need to be strategic in our
> advocacy plans and make all necessary alliances. It is for this reason that
> I mentioned in my original email in this thread that though I/ we have some
> problems with the way the term Network Neutrality is being used by many, it
> is still one of the most appropriate 'umbrella' for us to to be working
> under.
>
> However, after the recent Wall Street Journal article attracted our
> attention towards important nuances (though, as will be argued, they are
> hardly 'nuances') in the network neutrality (NN) debates and advocacy, we
> think that greater conceptual clarity on 'what is NN' is required before we
> can move forward in this area..

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081228_meanings_of_network_neutrality/

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
http://stateoftheinternetin.ug
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