| reply to telcolackey
Re: verizon ... neutrality paranoia Let me put it another way. When I say we wouldn't be having these debates I don't mean that there wouldn't be discussion about network management, sensitivity of different applications to latency, etc.
I mean that the whole neutrality backlash, triggered by managers like ed whitacre exposing their intentions(which have little to do with the technical aspects of the network) with rhetoric about how the leeches of the world, like google, wouldn't be allowed to continue to use their network for free, would never have taken place.
Net neutrality advocates don't start out opposing network management discussions but it has become painfully obvious that many of the "network management" claims made by incumbents have a hidden agenda to subvert competitor services and use control of the last mile to extract additional revenues. This agenda has become more aggressive because 97% of broadband access for residential and small business is controlled by a telco/cableco duopoly and these companies intend to use their power. |
