[governance] Net Neutrality

[Katitza Rodriguez]

Parminder:

You are right!

(old news but pertinent to the discussion)

EPIC has signed on to a letter from Public Knowledge to the Federal  
Communications Commission supporting the FCC's decision to begin  
public proceedings on preserving an open internet. EPIC joins many  
other public interest groups who have also expressed support for the  
FCC's initiative. The FCC's proceedings will focus on proposed  
rulemaking policies that would preserve open internet. EPIC favors the  
general principles of "network neutrality" and has called on the FCC  
to preserve privacy safeguards against measures that Internet Service  
Providers may use to limit access to the internet. For more  
information, see also EPIC Deep Packet Inspection

http://epic.org/2009/10/public-knowledge-epic-other-pu.html


On Jan 21, 2010, at 7:24 AM, Parminder wrote:

> Hi All
>
> What is most interesting in the joint statement is this new concept  
> of Technical Advisory Groups. Seeking technicalisation of areas  
> which are legitimately for political governance is an old trick of  
> the dominant interests, which we already have enough of trouble  
> dealing with in IG arena. And now Google is joining in.
>
> I also read dilution of Google's stand on NN, at least in terms of  
> expectations of laying out NN principles and policies by the  
> government and their strict enforcement. (though one would have to  
> see Google's own separate submission on the subject.)
>
> From the referred joint statement
>
> With respect to traditional Internet access services, the parties  
> agree that differential
> treatment of Internet traffic by network operators may be either  
> beneficial or harmful to users.
> Particular practices could be acceptable or unacceptable  
> discrimination, depending on their effect
> on competition and on users. While we do not necessarily agree on  
> which side of the line
> various practices may fall, we do agree that such practices should  
> be evaluated on a case-by-case
> basis.
>
> Their is  saying in Hindi - People who live in glass houses do not  
> throw stones at other people's house. Perhaps Google has started to  
> realize the glassiness of its own house.
>
> Parminder
>
>
> Kleinwächter, Wolfgang wrote:
>>
>> FYI
>> Interesting Joint Statement Google & Verizon
>>
>> http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id=6015527661
>>
>> wolfgang
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