Fellow concerned NYers,
I am challenging every company that provides broadband services in NYC
to make a public
statement supporting the 4 Network Neutrality principles outlined
below. I will keep a score
card up on the NYCwireless website showing which companies have chosen
to embrace these
principles.
Scorecard:
http://www.nycwireless.net/tiki-index.php?page=BroadbandChallengeScoreCard
Broadband Challenge:
http://www.nycwireless.net/tiki-index.php?page=BroadbandChallange
Further on the website of every provider we would like them to include a
web page with their
public statement. The URL to find a providers stance on Network
Neutrality will be available to the
Internet community via the URL http://yourproviderswebsite/neutral.html.
Dustin Goodwin
NYCwireless
Community Networks
More on the Network Neutrality---
Recently the CEO of SBC made some very provocative statements in regards
to allowing the Googles & Vonages of the world to provide services over
the Internet to subscribers of the SBC broadband network without their
permission. I think this is the first signal that the ever larger telcos
have no plan to keep the Internet the way it was and want to block out
competition for services by controlling who can access their broadband
subscribers. While SBC is not a major provider of broadband services in
NYC. I feel someone must ask Verizon and TimeWarner/RCN/etc to make
public statements ensuring they will continue to run an open network in
which customers can access any legal content & services they wish.
Considering that customer pay for the broadband service is unacceptable
to consider the provider might block legal content and services to line
their own pockets.
The concept of network operators keeping their networks free and open is
something commonly referred to as Network Neutrality. NN contains these
4 mains points:
(1) consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content
<http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/Firsta.htm> of their choice;
(2) consumers are entitled to run applications and services of their
choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement
<http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/Calea.htm>;
(3) consumers are entitled to connect their choice of legal devices
<http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm> that do not harm the
network; and
(4) consumers are entitled to competition among network providers
<http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/>, application and service
providers, and content providers.
NYCwireless is challenging every broadband provider to embrace these
and make a public statement supporting them.
Business Week article with SBC CEO comments in it:
http://www.businessweek.com/@@n34h*IUQu7KtOwgA/magazine/content/05_45/b3958092.htm
Analysis:
http://techdirt.com/articles/20051031/0354228_F.shtml
Great article on Network Neutrality
http://www.advancedippipeline.com/169500292
Network Neutrality website:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm
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