[governance] NET NEUTRALITY AND MORE

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

It is a familiar argument but one with several holes in it.

A skewed version of network neutrality that doesn't bear much resemblance 
to what the original form of net neutrality was, CLECs, unbundled and 
traffic discrimination by wholesale isps, and characterized by at least 
some of the same innuendo laden politicking, insinuating mens rea on the 
part of those they're opposed to.. DPI?  Eavesdropping. Spam filtering? A 
protection racket..

Please read http://www.circleid.com/posts/its_the_internet_stupid_i_disagree/

 -srs (htc one x)



On 27 May 2013 3:23:23 PM "michael gurstein" <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you were going to look for ground zero in the fight against a rapidly 
> consolidating telecom and cable industry, you might end up on the fifth 
> floor of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.
>
> Susan Crawford, a professor at the school, has written a book, “Captive 
> Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age,” 
> that offers a calm but chilling state-of-play on the information age in the 
> United States. She is on a permanent campaign, speaking at schools, 
> conferences and companies — she was at Google last week — and in front of 
> Congress, asserting that the status quo has been great for providers but an 
> expensive mess for everyone else.
>
> Ms. Crawford argues that the airwaves, the cable systems and even access to 
> the Internet itself have been overtaken by monopolists who resist 
> innovation and chronically overcharge consumers. >
>
>  <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/business/media/telecoms-big-players-hold-back-the-future.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130520&_r=0> 
>  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/business/media/telecoms-big-players-hold-back-the-future.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130520&_r=0
>
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