[IP] My [ Dave Farber ] position on Comcastidiocy

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Brett Glass [brett@lariat.net]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:41 PM
To: David Farber; ip
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   My [ Dave Farber ] position on Comcastidiocy

At 05:03 PM 1/18/2008, David Farber wrote:

>I only have one concern re this note. Lauren ends with waving the
>magic wand of Net Neutrality.
>I fail to see what this has to do with that subject unless you are
>interested in having Net Neutrality cover all posible sims in
>which case nothing will be done to
>address real NN problems when they occur.
>
>Dave

Dave:

This is a disturbing trend, and one that IPers and other concerned
parties should be aware of. "Net Neutrality" has morphed from a
very specific, well defined concept (i.e. carriers refraining from
anticompetitive practices that discourage the use of competitive
products, e.g. VoIP) to unbounded regulation of every conceivable
practice in which ISPs might engage. In short, fine grained
regulation of the Internet and government micromanagement of ISPs
-- which I don't think is something most folks would want to see.

--Brett Glass


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