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I respectfully disagree and think that WCA's
position of less regulation and allowing network operators operate their
networks how they want is the right approach. Net neutrality legislation
opens the door for content companies and your subscribers to force open and
equal access to all content on the Internet.
How many WISPs on this list are limiting P2P
traffic separate from other traffic? I'll bite... I am.
How many WISPs on this list are prioritizing VoIP
traffic separate from other traffic? I'll bite. I am. And I
only prioritize VoIP traffic to and from my own VoIP servers and not VoIP
traffic from Vonage or anyone else.
How many WISPs on this list are filtering NetBIOS,
RPC, and other traffic deemed malicious? I'll bite... I am
again.
Now the last one, I can't imagine being sued over,
but I hope you see my point.
These controls are important for me to manage my
network and ensure a quality of service my customers expect.
Net neutrality takes these controls
away.
Dave
989-837-3790 x 151
989-837-3780 fax
129 Ashman St, Midland, MI 48640
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 3:56
PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] WCA Weighs In
Against Net Neutrality
The WCA is showing its true colors.. the WCA stands for
the interests of
Verizon, AT&T Wireless, Sprint, and the other big
Cell Carriers (many of
which incidentally are owned by AT&T, Bell
South, and Verizon RBOCs). With
statements like this, I don't
believe that the WCA will ever be looking out
for the interests unlicensed
WISPs.
If you think that blocking net neutrality is the path to
"controlling your
own network", you have missed the entire point.
Without effective net
neutrality legislation, the RBOCs and the CableCos
will own the internet and
tariff the hell out of the traffic that flows
through it. It will be one
more nail in the coffin of the mom-n-pop
operator that can't afford to pay
tariffs to get their subscribers access
to "premium" content. It will drive
the customers of small operators
to switch to the RBOCs and CableCos because
those networks will be the
only "fast" networks or the only ones that have
"access" to everything on
the internet.
- Larry Yunker
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General
List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday,
June 20, 2006 12:32 PM
Subject: [WISPA] WCA Weighs In Against Net
Neutrality
> WCA Weighs In Against Net
Neutrality
>
> http://www.telecomweb.com/tnd/17310.html
>
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>
>
The *Wireless Communications Association International* (WCA) has come
> down against network-neutrality legislation, joining one of the
pressure
> groups that has been opposing moves in *Congress
>
</search/?query=Congress>* on the polarizing issue (/TelecomWeb news
> break, /June 15).
>
> Representing about 250 companies in
broadband wireless carriage and
> manufacturing, WCA has teamed with
the recently formed
> *NETCompetition.org* group organized by Scott
Cleland, president of
> *Precursor LLC*, and which bills itself as an
"e-forum" for debate but
> clearly positions itself among the vocal
anti-net-neutrality factions.WCA
> claims its motive is to promote
growth and innovation in advanced
> communications over broadband
wireless by protecting the business from
> net-neutrality
regulation
>
> "With spectrum a scarce and expensive resource, it
is imperative that
> wireless broadband providers remain free to manage
their own networks,"
> said WCA President Andrew Kreig in a prepared
statement. "Net-neutrality
> regulation would discourage innovation and
investment in more competitive
> broadband choices to all Americans.
Our member companies are investing
> heavily in WiMAX
</search/?query=WiMAX> or other '4G' types of
> next-generation
broadband competitive alternatives. Our companies are part
> of the
competitive solution, not part of the regulatory problem."
>
>
Other supporters of NETCompetition.org include the *American Cable
>
Association*, *CTIA-The Wireless Association*, the *National Cable &
> Telecommunications* *Association*, the *United States
Telecommunications
> Association*, *Advance/Neuhouse Communications*,
*Alltel*, *AT&T*,
> *BellSouth*, *Cingular*, *Comcast*, *Qwest
</search/?query=Qwest>
> Communications International*, *Sprint*,
*Time Warner Cable*, *Verizon
> </search/?query=Verizon>
Communications* and *Verizon Wireless*.
>
> With the WCA's
membership, Cleland remarks that next-generation wireless
> broadband
companies are concerned net neutrality regulation would
> discourage
investment, adding, "More innovation and competition are the
>
antidotes for net-neutrality concerns, not backward-looking government
> micromanagement."
>
> The development comes after key
*House* committees and a full House floor
> vote passed a new
video-franchise and telecom bills after defeating
> repeated amendment
attempts to codify stronger net-neutrality laws and to
> give the
*Federal Communications Commission* greater powers.
>
> The debate
over net neutrality - with many pro and con pressure groups
>
frantically trying to get attention - now turns to the *Senate *Committee
> on Commerce Science and Technology, where a massive
communications-reform
> bill also allegedly lacks strong net-neutrality
provisos as well as to the
> Senate Judiciary Committee that is
considering separate net neutrality
> bills in an antitrust,
anti-monopoly context (/see related stories in
> today's Telecom Policy
Report/).
>
> The Senate Commerce Committee may mark up its draft
on Thursday (reschuled
> from tomorrow) while Senate Judiciary's
Subcommittee on Antitrust,
> Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
that same afternoon has slated a
> hearing on the impact of the
proposed AT&T/BellSouth merger (in light of
> consolidating telcos
becoming a factor in the net-neutrality fight).
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
> RAD-INFO, Inc.
- NSP Strategist
> We Help ISPs Connect & Communicate
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