[opendtv] Re: FCC issues net neutrality rules in face of Congress and carriers
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:39:05 -0400
Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> I think that "net neutrality" is one of those simplistic sound bytes that
> politicians have a habit of taking too literally, in their confusion. It's
> all in the details.
>
> What a lot of kids seem to want is infinite upstream bandwidth, to be able to
> host their own web sites. I think this "net neutrality" is often a euphamism
> for that.
>
> Bert
>
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> http://www.rethink-wireless.com/article.asp?article_id=2057
>
> FCC issues net neutrality rules in face of Congress and carriers
> By CAROLINE GABRIEL
>
> Published: 23 October, 2009
>
> As the FCC approves draft proposals on wireline and wireless net neutrality
> in the US, the Supercomm show in Chicago this week has been dominated by the
> carriers' angry response. One by one, senior executives used their keynote
> spots to argue that heavy regulation and neutrality will damage network and
> service quality, because it will deter players from investing heavily in new
> technologies.
>
> This was the message from Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg, who warned: "This is
> an analog policy that is not built for a digital universe", while the firm's
> EVP of public affairs, Tom Tauke, said that net neutrality rules failed to
> address core issues of network management, opening up dangers of security
> breaches and poor service performance.
>
> "You've got to be careful and not do something really stupid," he said.
>
> Private equity groups and other investors expressed fears that neutrality
> would make return on investment in telecoms even more uncertain and
> accelerate the flight of capital that has been seen over the past three years.
>
> With such comments ringing in its collective ear, the FCC published its
> proposals nonetheless, and was immediately countered by proposed legislation
> to block the actions. Introduced by former presidential candidate Senator
> John McCain, the Internet Freedom Act would prevent the FCC from enacting
> rules to stop broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing
> certain internet content and applications. Net neutrality rules would create
> "onerous federal regulation", wrote McCain, calling them a "government
> takeover" of the internet that would stifle innovation. The wireless industry
> has "exploded over the past 20 years due to limited government regulation,"
> McCain said in the statement.
>
> The rules proposed by the FCC, which would formalize recommendations in place
> since 2005 and extend them to wireless, would allow web users to run any
> legal applications and access any legal web sites unfettered by the carriers,
> and would require service providers to use "reasonable" network management to
> reduce congestion and maintain quality of service. The rules would also
> require them to be transparent with consumers about these efforts and the
> quality of their networks.
>
> The FCC now will seek public comment on its proposed rules, with the goal of
> finalizing them some time next year. The rules almost certainly will be
> challenged in court as well as Congress.
>
> Meanwhile, the FCC's broadband coordinator, Blair Levin (executive director
> of the Omnibus Broadband Initiative) told Supercomm that mobile broadband
> would be the biggest driver of growth , but only if the US gains more
> spectrum, which will mainly rely on clearing current bands of incumbents. "I
> hope policy makers understand the seriousness of it," Levin said, adding that
> the plan needs to be formulated now, since it can take six to 13 years to
> clear spectrum.
>
>
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