Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Making Sustainable Network Neutrality into Law
Tonight, when Senator Durbin is on OpenLeft soliciting our views about what makes good broadband policy, i intend to introduce the idea that behavioral solutions don't work in this country because the telcos litigate, legislate and lobby until such requirements are moot. Unbundling was such a behavioral solution. So were the long distance checklist requirements. I've laid these arguments out already, but it never hurts to say important stuff again, in different ways, until it is heard.
To make Network Neutrality last, we need Structural Separation, the legal separation of content from carriage. Otherwise, there's conflict of interest, and the big telcos are in the driver's seat.
Michael Fraase has a good summary of the argument.
Doctor Weinberger also makes the case eloquently.
Susan Crawford concludes that Structural Separation is in the national public interest.
Seeya online tonight!
To make Network Neutrality last, we need Structural Separation, the legal separation of content from carriage. Otherwise, there's conflict of interest, and the big telcos are in the driver's seat.
Michael Fraase has a good summary of the argument.
Doctor Weinberger also makes the case eloquently.
Susan Crawford concludes that Structural Separation is in the national public interest.
Seeya online tonight!
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