[governance] NET NEUTRALITY AND MORE

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Before just starting to find holes, I recommend reading the book (e-book 
available in Amazon).

On 05/27/2013 07:09 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> 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..

DPI = eavesdropping (whatever the purpose) --> most frequently yes
Spam filtering = protection racket --> in several cases, yes

--c.a.

>
> 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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