Right now I'm blogging from the Yale Law School's Access to Knowledge
conference. I'm at a standing-room-only session on network neutrality, a
contentious policy battle currently taking place in Congress. Telecom
providers are lobbying to be able to create a multi-tiered internet, in
which people who pay the most get the best bandwidth and access to
partner websites, while those who don't get slow access and blocked from
partner sites. For example, Rogers Cable acknowledged that it
prioritizes some content and applications over others; they get more
bandwidth. Lower prioritization, in contrast, goes to file sharing,
podcasting and video blogging, making it more expensive for people to
access content and create it.
I've posted notes from the panel session here:
http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/04/network_neutrality_p.html
Meanwhile, on Monday there will be the launch of the Save The Internet
Campaign (http://www.savetheinternet.com/) to ensure that telecom
providers provide equitable access to bandwidth and content to all
people and not penalize low-income customers. They're also launching a
blog here: http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/
Coalition members come from across the political spectrum: Lawrence
Lessig, Craig Newmark of Craigslist, Free Press, Consumers Union, Glenn
Reynolds, Gun Owners of America, MoveOn.org and many others.
andy
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andycarvin (at) yahoo . com
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