And you SHOULD have the right to manage your network the way you see fit. The market will decide the wisdom of your decisions. Jim
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 4:42 PM > To: Dana Spiegel > Cc: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net; Jim Henry > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] New Yorker Article [was: > Multichannel News -AnalystsQuestionBellInvestments] > > > On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, Dana Spiegel wrote: > > > And here is where we have the astroturf statements. Network > Neutrality > > IS NOT regulation of the internet. It is a means of PRESERVING > > internet freedom. > > > > This doublespeak is being promoted solely by telcos and their > > astroturf organizations. Private individuals have not been > concerned > > with attacking Net Neutrality. However astroturf organizations have > > been able to mis-represent Net Neutrality as government > regulation. > > It is not. The ONLY people who benefit from NOT having Net > Neutrality > > are the telcos and the cablecos. Private individuals and > most business > > BENEFIT from having Net Neutrality. > Who said? > > As an ISP, I am *against* any kind of net neutrality that > would apply to my network. I don't want government to tell me > what I can and what I cannot do with my customer's traffic. > Yes, most likely, I will not touch any kind of packets, but > if I choose to give higher priority on *my* IP network to > PilosoftVOIP packets, I should have this choice. > > If your suggestion is that "Net Neutrality" should only apply > to ILECs and cablecos - oh I'm all for it...But it kind of > seems unfair, doesn't it? > Not being a biggest fan of the incumbents, it does seem > somewhat silly to > hamstring them. > > The "right" thing of course would be to reverse the TRO and > mandate ILECs to provide unmolested layer2 DSL transport to > third-parties. But that > battle seems to be lost. > > Possibly, the only condition when net neutrality makes (sort > of) sense is that ILEC would have to choose between providing > access to competitors like us, or to be bound by net > neutrality provisions. > > -- > Alex Pilosov | DSL, Colocation, Hosting Services > President | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 877-PILOSOFT x601 > Pilosoft, Inc. | http://www.pilosoft.com -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
