Sunday, June 07, 2009
It's the Internet Stupid
Comments are due tomorrow on the FCC's Notice of Inquiry [PDF document with full FCC Notice here] on a National Broadband Plan, which was mandated by Congress as part of the Recovery Act of 2009.
This proceeding is likely be at least as important to U.S. telecommunications policy as the Telecom Act of 1996 was. It could be more powerful if we do it right.
We think the broadband connections that count are connections to the Internet! If we put "broadband" first, we risk twisting and diminishing the Internet to fit somebody's political definition of broadband. But if we put the Internet first, then it's far more likely that broadband will be defined and implemented to serve the Internet we know and love.
In other words, Broadband, schmaudband, fraudband! It's the Internet, stupid.
Please join John Perry Barlow, Scott Bradner, Dave Burstein, Robin Chase, Judi Clark, Gordon Cook, Steve Crocker, Susan Estrada, Harold Feld, Tom Freeburg, Dewayne Hendricks, Jeff Jarvis, Mitch Kapor, Larry Lessig, Sascha Meinrath, Jerry Michalski, Elliott Noss, Leslie Nulty, Tim Nulty, Tim O’Reilly, Andrew Rasiej, David P. Reed, Howard Rheingold, Roy Russell, Doc Searls, Micah L. Sifry, Dana Spiegel, Aaron Swartz, Katrin Verclas, David Weinberger, Stanton Williams, Brian Worobey, Esme Vos Yu and me by signing our comment at ItsTheInternetStupid.com.
This proceeding is likely be at least as important to U.S. telecommunications policy as the Telecom Act of 1996 was. It could be more powerful if we do it right.
We think the broadband connections that count are connections to the Internet! If we put "broadband" first, we risk twisting and diminishing the Internet to fit somebody's political definition of broadband. But if we put the Internet first, then it's far more likely that broadband will be defined and implemented to serve the Internet we know and love.
In other words, Broadband, schmaudband, fraudband! It's the Internet, stupid.
Please join John Perry Barlow, Scott Bradner, Dave Burstein, Robin Chase, Judi Clark, Gordon Cook, Steve Crocker, Susan Estrada, Harold Feld, Tom Freeburg, Dewayne Hendricks, Jeff Jarvis, Mitch Kapor, Larry Lessig, Sascha Meinrath, Jerry Michalski, Elliott Noss, Leslie Nulty, Tim Nulty, Tim O’Reilly, Andrew Rasiej, David P. Reed, Howard Rheingold, Roy Russell, Doc Searls, Micah L. Sifry, Dana Spiegel, Aaron Swartz, Katrin Verclas, David Weinberger, Stanton Williams, Brian Worobey, Esme Vos Yu and me by signing our comment at ItsTheInternetStupid.com.
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