Comments on: Tim Berners- Lee on net neutrality http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/2007/09/03/tim-berners-lee-on-net-neutrality/ Rob Larsen writes on entertainment, sports and culture. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:39:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: HOTI Dave http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/2007/09/03/tim-berners-lee-on-net-neutrality/#comment-14560 HOTI Dave Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:44:48 +0000 http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/2007/09/03/tim-berners-lee-on-net-neutrality/#comment-14560 Rob: Same organization, but the Sourcewatch article is way off -- speculative, outdated and just wrong.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. 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Same organization, but the Sourcewatch article is way off — speculative, outdated and just wrong.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.

]]> By: rob http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/2007/09/03/tim-berners-lee-on-net-neutrality/#comment-14558 rob Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:27:19 +0000 http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/2007/09/03/tim-berners-lee-on-net-neutrality/#comment-14558 this <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hands_Off_the_Internet" rel="nofollow">hands off the internet</a>? this hands off the internet?

]]> By: HOTI Dave http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/2007/09/03/tim-berners-lee-on-net-neutrality/#comment-14557 HOTI Dave Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:06:51 +0000 http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/2007/09/03/tim-berners-lee-on-net-neutrality/#comment-14557 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. 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.

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