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FCC's Plan for 'Net Neutrality' Rules Falters
FCC's Plan for 'Net Neutrality' Rules Falters
Story posted 2010.08.07 at 12:08 AM PDT
Los Angeles Times
Opinion
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski's first
major initiative a proposal to require broadband providers to give equal
treatment to all legal Web traffic is foundering. The chairman sought a
compromise with opponents of the proposed "Net neutrality" rules, holding
a series of talks with major Internet service providers and Web companies.
But the commission halted the discussions Thursday as reports spread that
Google and Verizon, which have been negotiating privately for almost a
year, were about to propose their own, less regulatory framework for Net
neutrality.
Genachowski is right about the need for enforceable rules that prevent
broadband providers from blocking or slowing access to websites and
services they don't favor. So far there have been only a few such
incidents on DSL and cable-modem networks. But Internet service providers
are itching to create a toll lane to deliver content and services from
companies that have the resources to pay for better access to consumers.
If that toll lane crowds out the free and open Internet that's been a
breeding ground for innovation and creativity, the whole economy will
suffer.
Net Neutrality: What's the Price?
Robert X. Cringely,
Infoworld
Aug 7, 2010 10:18 am
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Net neutrality is making headlines again. According to reports in the New
York Times and the Wall Street Journal, Google and Verizon have been
canoodling in an attempt to reach a pact that will give Verizon more moola
in exchange for preferential treatment to Google's data packets.
Both sides deny this, of course.
<snip>
Meanwhile, the FCC has just ended quiet negotiations in its secret
clubhouse with various stakeholders in an attempt to reach a Net
neutrality compromise. Whether the FCC took its toys and went home in
reaction to the talks Google and Verizon both deny having is still a
mystery.
What's at stake here? Let's start by following the money.
According to a recent report by the Sunlight Foundation, forces opposing
Net neutrality (big broadband providers like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon,
as well as telecom-centric trade groups and unions like the NCTA and the
CWA) outspent pro-Net neutrality forces (Google, Yahoo, Amazon, and so on)
by a margin of four to one. The NoNetNeuts spend nearly $20 million on
lobbyists in the first quarter of 2010, and the ProNetNeuts roughly $5
million.
In DC, of course, money talks and principles walk. It's a simple formula:
The folks that spend the most money trying to buy laws they prefer are
almost always the ones most likely to recoup that investment many times
over from whatever that legislation ultimately decrees.
Yes, the big ISPs and their cronies have legitimate concerns. All bits are
not really created equal. The quality-of-service requirements for Web
pages and email are not the same as for voice and video. ISPs are unlikely
to invest in the technology required to prioritize certain types of bits
unless they can recoup their investment -- again and again and again.
Without that, the Internet will never truly become the end-all, be-all
delivery system for phone, television, data, and so on. Broadband speeds
in the United States will continue to suck, relative to other developed
nations.
A Net Game for Google?
By ROBERT X. CRINGELY
Op-Ed Contributor
Published: August 7, 2010
Portland, Ore.
Opinion
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A Net Game for Google?
By ROBERT X. CRINGELY
Published: August 7, 2010
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Times Topics: Google Inc. | Verizon Communications Inc. | Net Neutrality
MY three young sons never hit each other. They may poke, push, graze, bump
or even slap, but they never hit, because Mom says hitting isnt allowed.
This same semantic technique fits the mind-set of technology companies
like Google. The geekier these companies are, the more tactical is their
use of language.
And so in last weeks controversy over whether Google and Verizon are
hatching a deal to undermine net neutrality, it pays to look closely at
their words. Both companies maintain that there is no deal and that no
money will be paid for faster transmission of data. This is probably true
in a literal sense, though something is clearly happening between the
companies. I think Google has just found a way to fool Mom.
Net neutrality is the concept that all data packets are created equal and
Internet service providers should not give priority to one kind of data
(say, video conferencing) over another (say, e-mail). Internet partisans
love net neutrality while telephone companies tend not to. Why not allow
e-mail to run a little slower, they argue, if that lets services that need
higher performance run faster? The difference is payment: users and the
Federal Communications Commission worry that once a differentiation is
made, the service providers will start charging for faster service and
poorer users will suffer as a result. Its a slippery slope.
Google has always been firmly on the side of net neutrality. So the news
of a deal between Google and Verizon one of the countrys largest
broadband service providers has caused consternation throughout geekdom.
Has Google turned on its principles? The company says no, but then Eric
Schmidt, its chief executive, has been making murky statements
differentiating between wireless and wired data, suggesting to some a
repudiation of neutrality. The truth is probably that Google has found a
way to get special treatment from Verizon but without actually
compromising net neutrality.
Washingtons passion for Google cools
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner
Published: August 6 2010 19:19 | Last updated: August 7 2010 00:31
Financial Times
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If it is true as many believe that the political elite in Washington
have been engaged in a love affair with Google since Barack Obamas
campaign for the White House, then it is also true that the US president
is now beginning to notice some wrinkles and warts on his beloved.
Although the faltering economic recovery has taken centre stage in
Washington ahead of Novembers midterm elections, Google this week appeared
to have created some fresh problems for the administration.
The news that Google had struck a deal with Verizon, the US telecoms
group, over how the companies will manage internet traffic was seen by
many in Washington as a lethal blow to attempts by the White House to
fulfil a campaign promise to a key subset of voters: the active and vocal
netizens who support the passage of net neutrality legislation, a law that
would ensure that all internet traffic be treated equally. The details of
the deal have yet to be announced but are expected to contain provisions
that are at odds with the administrations position.
In this arcane fight, the administration had been seen as being in step
with Google against the telecoms and cable companies that have lobbied
against net neutrality.
In Washington, Googles surprise move is largely but privately viewed as
a vote of no-confidence in Julius Genachowski, the beleaguered chairman of
the Federal Communications Commission.
FCC Urged To Act On Net Neutrality
The broadband debate will shift from private deals among carriers and
content providers to regulatory solutions including reclassifying the
Internet as a Title II telecommunications service, according to Senator
John Kerry.
By W. David Gardner
Information Week
August 6, 2010 12:34 PM
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Pointing to the "Congressional stalemate" over broadband regulation
Senator John Kerry said the FCC is likely to move ahead on a regulatory
solution for oversight of broadband after public outcry over the FCC's
private meetings with companies caused the FCC to drop the meetings.
The Massachusetts Democrat, who is chairman of the Senate communications
subcommittee, said he hopes a bipartisan compromise can be achieved on
broadband, but his comments indicate he believes there is little
likelihood of an agreement on broadband being reached during the current
session of Congress.
What's next for FCC on net neutrality?
Post-Tech
Cecilia Kang
The Washington Post
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2010/08/whats_next_for_fcc_on_net_neut.html>
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What's next for net neutrality and the Federal Communications Commission?
Industry insiders and analysts say FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will go
back to square one, where the FCC is faced with a controversial push to
re-regulate broadband access by defining it as a telecommunications
service.
Genachowskis staff announced Thursday that they couldnt strike a deal with
Web and network giants on a net neutrality footprint they hoped to serve
up to Congress. Any further meetings were canceled, they said.
<snip>
In that corner, if Genachowski wants to accomplish his very first policy
initiative net neutrality rules he wont be able to punt it to Congress.
Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) dimmed those prospects. What to watch for is
whether the FCC puts its proposal for reclassification on its September
meeting agenda.
Or, the FCC could just kick the issue down the line and try to postpone
making a move hailed by public interest groups but reviled by businesses,
instead concentrating on other issues such as retransmission consent and
its weakened ability to be a watchdog over indecency in broadcast
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