Tim Berners- Lee on net neutrality
I love the precise word use in this intro paragraph. There's not much room for confusion here. Maybe it's been streamlined enough that even the average Senator or member of Congress can understand what this all really means.
When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA.
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HOTI Dave Says:
With all due respect to Mr. Lee, he's misunderstanding the US net neutrality debate badly. There is no "end of the Internet" in sight, it's not about to be turned into "cable TV." In fact, TV is becoming much more like the Internet every day.
What it's really about is whether ISPs will be legally barred from providing packet prioritization for a fee. The "save the Internet" types have read this to mean "they'll slow down your website if they don't like it." But that would be stupid, especially considering competition in this space is good and getting better.
I'm involved in the debate myself, I work for the Hands Off the Internet coalition, which includes some ISPs. The shorthand for our position might be "anti-net neutrality" but that isn't exactly right, either. Hands Off has signed onto the FCC's principles of net neutrality. If you're curious, I've put the link to the ad we took out last year into the Website section of this comment submission.
Posted: September 4th, 2007 at 9:06 am
rob Says:
this hands off the internet?
Posted: September 4th, 2007 at 9:27 am
HOTI Dave Says:
Rob:
Same organization, but the Sourcewatch article is way off — speculative, outdated and just wrong.
We bristle at the notion that we're astroturf. We're arguing the issue, no different than Save The Internet/FreePress. Although there is one difference: we do name our member organizations/financial contributors.
Posted: September 4th, 2007 at 1:44 pm