[Upd-discuss] [BP] Good Fences Make Bad Broadband - Preserving an Open Internet through Net Neutrality (fwd)

[Michael Hart]

This might be of great interest re: the other messages on this topic
posted in the last 24 hours.


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Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:27:53 EST
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Subject: [BP] Good Fences Make Bad Broadband - Preserving an Open Internet
     through Net Neutrality

[QUOTED from the paper cited below:

"... While the openness of the Internet is universally praised, it is no
longer guaranteed, at least for broadband services.  Recent Supreme
Court and FCC rulings define broadband networks as unregulated
"information services," which means that the operators of broadband
networks are no longer under any legal obligation to keep their networks
open to all Internet content, services and equipment.

"Broadband providers now have the same authority as cable providers to
act as gatekeepers:  the network owner can choose which services and
equipment consumers may use.  ..."

jf]
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February 06, 2006


Preserving an Open Internet through Net Neutrality

"Good Fences Make Bad Broadband - Preserving an Open Internet through
Net Neutrality," 2006/02/06, A Public Knowledge White Paper, by John
Windhausen, Jr.
<http://www.publicknowledge.org/content/papers/pk-net-neutrality-whitep-20060206>

"This paper analyzes the Net Neutrality debate in more detail. The paper
is divided into four parts...Part I is a reference guide on the Net
Neutrality issue; Part II makes the case in favor of a Network
Neutrality rule; Part III responds to four arguments against Net
Neutrality raised by the network operators; Part IV provides an outline
of a possible Net Neutrality rule or statute."

--Executive Summary available as PDF
<http://static.publicknowledge.org/pdf/pk-net-neutrality-summary-20060206.pdf>
--Full Paper available as PDF (without attachments)
<http://static.publicknowledge.org/pdf/pk-net-neutrality-whitep-20060206.pdf>
--Full Paper available as Word DOC(without attachments)
<http://static.publicknowledge.org/pdf/pk-net-neutrality-whitep-20060206.doc>
--Attachments available as PDF
<http://static.publicknowledge.org/pdf/pk-net-neutrality-attach-20060206.pdf>

Topic(s): Internet
<http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/cat_internet.html>
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