[governance] What is Network Neutrality

[Parminder]

 >>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"

McTim

You are saying the same thing, just much less elegantly :-). 

We may own 'our' networks, but what is 'essentially' the Internet is not what anyone of us privately owns, but outside and beyond it. That is why we are saying that 'publicness' is Internet's essential character. 

But we need not stay in vague theoretical areas, and should strive to connect the above to real issues at hand. 

>>..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/

Thanks a lot for posting this link that starts with a link to Prof Ed 
Felten's article on 'three flavours of NN'
( 
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/three-flavors-net-neutrality 
) . I am very pleased to note that Ed describes the two main current 
conceptions of NN almost exactly as I did. (the third ' flavour' is the 
narrow technical principle which as i mentioned i have deliberately 
ignored).

(Milton,  since you said my NN typology is ' framed poorly', you may 
want to take notice)

McTim, since you forwarded this link to me, I would like to know whether 
you see NN as - using Ed's terms - an economic principle of non 
exclusive deals, or a free speech principle implying no content 
discrimination. Thats the real issue here.

Parminder

McTim wrote:
> 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/
>
>   
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