When I invented the Web, I didn’t have to ask anyone’s permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA.
I blogged on net neutrality before, and so did a lot of other people. (see e.g. Danny Weitzner, SaveTheInternet.com, etc.) Since then, some telecommunications companies spent a lot of money on public relations and TV ads, and the US House seems to have wavered from the path of preserving net neutrality. There has been some misinformation spread about. So here are some clarifications. ( real video Mpegs to come)
Net neutrality is this:
If I pay to connect to the Net with a certain quality of service, and you pay to connect with that or greater quality of service, then we can communicate at that level.
That’s all. Its up to the ISPs to make sure they interoperate so that that happens.
Net Neutrality is NOT asking for the internet for free.
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I thought Al Gore invented the net or was it Ghandi- I forget.
Bob Dole
Yet another reason for the root DNS servers to be kept well away from the US.
/me dons flameproof suit
I read this a little while ago. It’s a very serious issue that a lot of people don’t even seem to care about… Internet users too. Kind of sad really.
The US government can’t let a good thing go….why do they have to phuck with the internet? Because it does not serve them!