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| ... The internet is a global open network of networks.
If a particular network is incapable of providing open access to this global network then it is not the obligation of the global network to alter its standards to meet the technical limitations of a provider network. The provider network needs to deal with its technical limitations or cease providing a service that it claims is "internet access". If wireless providers are only capable of providing a limited data service with specific applications then they should sell it as a proprietary data service, not call it an internet connectivity service and then demand that the internet adapt itself to the needs of their network limitations.
If the market was as competitive as they claim we wouldn't even be looking at things from the point of view of redefining the internet to meet the needs of carriers. Carriers would either be capable of providing internet connectivity or they wouldn't. The fact that we consider defining internet innovation around the technical limitations of these wireless networks is proof of how concentrated control over internet access actually is in this country. If there was robust competition a carrier would either find a way to provide open internet access over their network or they would die and there would be plenty of others to take their place.
If wireless technology is not, in general, capable of handling the open internet, then we need to cease viewing wireless as the future and need to focus on universal wireline build out to get the infrastructure built that can handle the open internet. | | |
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| Great analysis man. | |
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