Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-10 Thread Michael . Dillon
> > Regulations also do not imply the involvement of governments. > > It is possible for industries to self-regulate such as the > > ARIN policies which are a product of the ARIN membership, > > i.e. companies who use IP addresses in their networks. > > > Mostly true. However, ARIN policies are

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Henry Linneweh
Reading some of this is rather disturbing, like if we live in some kind of control freak society, where every comment is we are trying to control terrorism so we must eliminate everyones right of expression and distort every means of communication including the internet. I disagree that companie

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:26:54 EDT, Sean Donelan said: > rankings of its search results, I assume a government regulatory agency > will be able to issue orders and control how Google operates its > bottleneck search infrastructure to provide fair, neutral and transparent, > in the government agency's

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Erik Haagsman
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 13:32 -0400, Todd Vierling wrote: > On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Erik Haagsman wrote: > > Ahhhthey feel they shouldn't sensor, and there I was thinking that > > was Google's task in life. Very generous and what a great idea for new > > laws that firmly put the blame on anyone but

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Todd Vierling
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Erik Haagsman wrote: > > Google will also push for laws that make ISPs and intermediaries liable for > > the content contained on their servers. Google just indexes the information, > > the search engine argued, and feels it is not its place to censor > > information contained

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Sean Donelan
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Daniel Golding wrote: > > Google Goes to Washington > > http://www.betanews.com/article/Google_Goes_to_Washington/1128691070 > > Google also has a responsibility not to bite the hand that feeds it - the > laise faire, unregulated Internet. > > Shame on them. Google is not suffe

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Owen DeLong
--On October 7, 2005 2:56:10 PM +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Even those IXs with MPLA policy have to rely on law and courts for >> enforcement -- that is, those with guns. > > In the United States, as in most countries, there is an > explicit separation of the courts from the enforcemen

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Robert E . Seastrom
Daniel Golding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 10/7/05 11:02 AM, "Ross Hosman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Google Goes to Washington >> >> One of the issues Google will tackle has become news >> this week: Level 3 and Cogent Communications are >> involved in a spat that has made Web si

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Daniel Golding
On 10/7/05 11:02 AM, "Ross Hosman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Google Goes to Washington > > One of the issues Google will tackle has become news > this week: Level 3 and Cogent Communications are > involved in a spat that has made Web sites on each > network inaccessible or very slow to us

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Joel Rowbottom
At 16:26 07/10/2005, Erik Haagsman wrote: > Google will also push for laws that make ISPs and intermediaries liable for > the content contained on their servers. > Well, isn't that "fun"? Ahhhthey feel they shouldn't sensor, and there I was thinking that was Google's task in life. Very gen

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Erik Haagsman
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 11:21 -0400, Todd Vierling wrote: > Another snippet from same article: > > = > Google will also push for laws that make ISPs and intermediaries liable for > the content contained on their servers. Google just indexes the information, > the search engine argued, and feel

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Ross Hosman
Also: US Representative Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat and ranking member of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee, hinted that the Federal Communications Commission might interfere in the matter. ''Obviously, I hope the parties will reach a timely commercial arrangement to resolv

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Erik Haagsman
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 14:56 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Laws only need to be enforced when there is a dispute. > Laws and regulations, do not necessarily imply that > enforcement action is needed. Many people and organizations > comply with laws for reasons other than the existence of > enf

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Todd Vierling
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Ross Hosman wrote: > Google Goes to Washington > http://www.betanews.com/article/Google_Goes_to_Washington/1128691070 Another snippet from same article: = Google will also push for laws that make ISPs and intermediaries liable for the content contained on their servers.

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Ross Hosman
Google Goes to Washington One of the issues Google will tackle has become news this week: Level 3 and Cogent Communications are involved in a spat that has made Web sites on each network inaccessible or very slow to users on the opposite network. Google said the government has a responsibility to

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Tom Vest
Growing mainstream press today, e.g., http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2005/10/07/ dispute_threatens_to_snarl_internet/ Note the title: "Dispute threatens to snarl Internet: Service providers' row may spur push for global regulation" Quick showing of hands: How many people th

Re: Regulatory intervention

2005-10-07 Thread Michael . Dillon
> Even those IXs with MPLA policy have to rely on law and courts for > enforcement -- that is, those with guns. In the United States, as in most countries, there is an explicit separation of the courts from the enforcement of laws. For instance, in the United States, the Executive Branch is in ch

Re: Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

2005-10-07 Thread Erik Haagsman
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 07:44 -0400, William Allen Simpson wrote: > I repeat my initial assertion, to wit: > >> This partitioning is exactly what we predicted in many meetings when > >> discussi[ng] the terms of the contracts. > >> > >> Markets are inefficient for infrastructure and tend toward

Re: Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

2005-10-07 Thread William Allen Simpson
Erik Haagsman wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 14:51 -0400, William Allen Simpson wrote: Arguably a very good thing. IXs shouldn't be in the "enforcement" business. That's for governments. Exactly the reason I don't want governments anywhere near an IX. Every network connected to an IX should b

Re: Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

2005-10-07 Thread Erik Haagsman
On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 12:44 -0400, William Allen Simpson wrote: > Erik Haagsman wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 11:56 -0400, William Allen Simpson wrote: > >>This partitioning is exactly what we predicted in many meetings when > >>discussion the terms of the contracts. > >> > >>Markets are ineff

Re: Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

2005-10-07 Thread Erik Haagsman
On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 14:51 -0400, William Allen Simpson wrote: > >> Cogent, Open > >> Level(3), Not public > >> We Dare B.V., Open > >> > >> So, what did your member organization do to resolve this partition. > >> Cut off Level(3)? Sue them? > > > > > > That particular member organisatio

Re: Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

2005-10-06 Thread Hank Nussbacher
On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, William Allen Simpson wrote: > >> Following up on my own post, according to > >> http://www.ams-ix.net/connected/ > > > > Useful page, isn't it? > > > I wish that all IXs had one. I wish everyones was as complete as LINX's: https://www.linx.net/www_public/our_members/peerin

Re: Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

2005-10-06 Thread William Allen Simpson
Niels Bakker wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Allen Simpson) [Thu 06 Oct 2005, 19:10 CEST]: Following up on my own post, according to http://www.ams-ix.net/connected/ Useful page, isn't it? I wish that all IXs had one. Cogent, Open Level(3), Not public We Dare B.V., Open So

Re: Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

2005-10-06 Thread Niels Bakker
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Allen Simpson) [Thu 06 Oct 2005, 19:10 CEST]: Following up on my own post, according to http://www.ams-ix.net/connected/ Useful page, isn't it? Cogent, Open Level(3), Not public We Dare B.V., Open So, what did your member organization do to resolve this pa

Re: Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

2005-10-06 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Oct 6, 2005, at 11:56 AM, William Allen Simpson wrote: Let me be the punching bag for pondering this on NANOG... What about the roles of governments building a consortium with Teir-1 NSP's where those backbone Tiers are regulated and have predefined, strictly enforced rulesets they'd hav

Re: Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

2005-10-06 Thread William Allen Simpson
William Allen Simpson wrote: How do you expect to enforce your "member" regulations? Again (to keep this on-topic), this partitioning is exactly what we predicted. And I don't see your member regulations having any effect. Following up on my own post, according to http://www.ams-ix.net/c

Re: Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

2005-10-06 Thread William Allen Simpson
Erik Haagsman wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 11:56 -0400, William Allen Simpson wrote: This partitioning is exactly what we predicted in many meetings when discussion the terms of the contracts. Markets are inefficient for infrastructure and tend toward monopoly. How does replacing non-profit

Re: Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

2005-10-06 Thread Erik Haagsman
On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 11:56 -0400, William Allen Simpson wrote: > J. Oquendo wrote: > > > Let me be the punching bag for pondering this on NANOG... What about the > > roles of governments building a consortium with Teir-1 NSP's where those > > backbone Tiers are regulated and have predefined, str

Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

2005-10-06 Thread William Allen Simpson
J. Oquendo wrote: Let me be the punching bag for pondering this on NANOG... What about the roles of governments building a consortium with Teir-1 NSP's where those backbone Tiers are regulated and have predefined, strictly enforced rulesets they'd have to follow. The irony of this is that it so