Net neutrality = Permission-free Internet

April 25, 2006 by  

And AT&T = nightmare

Here is a ‘must=see’ video that explains why discrimination on the
Internet is a problem and will continue to be as long as net neutrality
rules are not enforced:
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IP Democracy: "Main

April 25, 2006

Cerf: We Need to Preserve Permission-Free Internet

Cerf argued against the concept of a two-tiered Internet
advocated by some broadband providers, telcos in particular. He
recapped the idea that the Internet is built on an end-to-end
principle, with one user paying for his access on one end and the other
user paying for her access on the other end. Once each endpoint access
is paid for, the two users are free to communicate back and forth.

“The reason that’s important is that the network allows people to do
pretty much what they want to do. You don’t have to ask permission from
the ISP,” Cerf said. “The permission-free way to the Internet has
fostered all kinds of innovation.”

Broadband providers, therefore, shouldn’t have the right to alter
users’ access to Internet content and applications based on the deals
they cut. “They [users] should not be constrained by broadband carriers
based on deals they made with someone else,” Cerf said.

He also advocated that broadband should be symmetrical. The notion
that individual users might someday own their own servers for
transmitting massive amounts of information across the Internet is not
a far-fetched one, Cerf said.

Without symmetrical upstream communications, innovation is slowed.

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