[governance] Re: Net neutrality on mobiles

[Roland Perry]

In message <4C617C08.5030004 at itforchange.net>, at 21:49:20 on Tue, 10 
Aug 2010, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> writes

>>> Common carrier rules were entirely rigid in societies like the US 
>>>where, at least once upon a time, the importance of free flow of 
>>>information was hallowed.
>>
>> On the other hand, even US-based ISPs have acknowledged that having 
>>spammers as customers is damaging to their reputation, and it would be 
>>undersirable to be forced to carry the traffic.
>
>Roland
>
>You are entitled to your views, but let us not confuse the issues under 
>discussions. No serious proponent of network neutrality speaks against 
>specific measures like spam control and taking steps against possible 
>harms to the network. I am sure you know what are the real issues of 
>contestation here. Why dont we do a fair debate on these real issues.

As I understand, if the concept of "Common Carrier" was applied 
literally would not allow ISPs to deny Spammers access. But if anyone 
has an alternate view I'm very open to discussing it.

-- 
Roland Perry
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