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Byte-metered pricing rears its ugly head in the name of ‘net neutrality’
The following is a critique in response to an article on Slate posted by a Farhad Manjoo, who tries to make the case that Internet pricing by the byte as opposed to by bandwidth is not only inevitable but preferable (or, at least, “reasonable”). Mr. Manjoo’s comments can be viewed here . Mr Manjoo, Your…
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“Net Neutrality” does not mean “equally fast, everywhere”
“Net Neutrality” means too many different things to different people. For example, concerns about the potential for discriminatory practices by ISPs or telcos based on content, application, or identities or affiliations of content consumers or producers are usually conflated with simplistic observations about the need for ‘equal speed’ being a necessary condition for net neutrality.…
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Is Internet capacity a “non-issue”, and equal bandwidth a “right” ?
Here is the link on CNN to the 5-minute segment: Cali Lewis / Max Kellerman discuss Net Neutrality A transcript of the interview follows. After watching the discussion with some interest, I tweeted Cali with a brief comment that she had made a statement about technology and capacity which was misleading and very much in…
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The Fuzzy Semantics of “Net Neutrality”
For all the legitimate and significant issues regarding the future evolution of the Internet which the term “Net Neutrality” is meant to embody, the phrase would appear to have become a bit of a conceptual chameleon with a life of its own, and whose meaning is not particularly clear — certainly not to many people…
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Net Neutrality, or, Tea and the Tillerman
Did Google turn its back on tech and run up the sidelines with Verizon just to plant its flag in future territory ? Was the proposal aimed at pre-empting the FCC, or just gaming them to forestall regulation ? Is a compromise between corporations arguing over the spoils of the internet possible ? Or have…
