Internet to FCC – don’t mess! #fcc #netneutrality #open
The Google/Verizon joint policy proposal for an open Internet in August made a point of differentiating between ‘broadband Internet’ and “other additional or differentiated services”. On September 1 2010 the FCC followed up by issuing a notice of further inquiry to 2009’s Open Internet NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking), asking for public comment on just how such differentiation should be defined.
A group of 32 Internet veterans, co-ordinated by ISOC-NY member Seth Johnson, have come up with a detailed response that strongly urges the FCC to clearly establish the Internet as an inalienable, open, general purpose platform.
Read it below:
joly 5:22 pm on November 5, 2010 Permalink |
cbemerine 5:59 pm on November 27, 2010 Permalink |
joly thanks for posting this…
“If a service provides prioritized access to a particular application or endpoint/destination, it is not an open Internet service.”
Love that quote.