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Seemingly it's net neutrality news day Craig Newmark from CL .. Oh noes another road / state analogy :(
Newmark: Keep the Internet neutral, fair and free - CNN.com
Craig's list founder and well all round fluffy bunny re the service that I like , a lot, is taking a whack at net neutrality.
But why change a good thing? Right now, the Internet is a level playing field for everyone. The wonky term for this is "Net neutrality." When the Internet is neutral, everyone can use it, just like everyone can use public roads or airwaves. All businesses on the Internet get an equal shot at success.
Again I have to call BS , Craig's service has definite ideas of what kind of people they wish to attract and the kinds of products they don't want to cover on their service. Yep I'm talking about their ban on firearms adverts, totally legal yet verboten. Illegal activities such as solicitation , just go right ahead. It's their service, their right and hey Google does the same thing with Adsense so it can't be "evil" now can it?
So why should his website get to pick who gets to use their resources but the other companies , in this case tel cos , can't?
The argument re public airwaves is laughably easy to dismiss since most of the mess we are in with telecoms is thanks to the FCC regulations and I'm pretty sure that if they started up an LPFM Station in San Fran without asking permission it would get very interesting , very quickly. The roads are public? er no they are invariably owned by the state that then decide who gets to use them under what circumstances, they charge more for say a truck than a car and no they don't even get equal access depending on the local jurisdiction.
That analogy is a road to nowhere.
Posted by Hal-Tse at 03-29-2007 04:19 PM 
Categories: Technology, rants, Philosophy, Culture - internet
Categories: Technology, rants, Philosophy, Culture - internet
Here’s an interesting example of how the principles of Net Neutrality can be linked back to the Internet’s older brother, the telecom network. A few weeks ago, AT&T began blocking calls to services like FreeConferenceCall.com. AT&T did this without filing a direct lawsuit, without petitioning the FCC and without even contacting Free Conferencing Corp, the parent company. These types of free services are completely legal and AT&T is using self-help and cowboy justice to financially bully competing services out of business. This is the world of Carrier Neutrality. You can learn more at blog.freeconferencecall.com.
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Indeed I am aware of it , it was a few posts down here
The way out of a regulated mess is not more regulation :
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