The ITI is a large and powerful lobbying organization that includes most of the 'heavy hitters' - see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Technology_Industry_Council">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Technology_Industry_Council</a><br>
<br>The fact that the Industry, if they can find common ground, has the money and influence to sway legislation is undeniable. <br><br>They are being driven to work out compromises within the industry not so much by net neutrality concerns themselves, but the fear of ham-fisted legislation - now that the courts have effectively taken the FCC out of the picture, at least temporarily. As Susan Crawford has pointed out, the public, beyond efforts like OneWebDay etc, doesn't have much of a voice. <br>
<br>There is another wider intitiative - in which ISOC is involved - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/initial-plans-for-broadband-internet-technical-advisory-group-announced-95950709.html" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 102, 255);">Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(BITAG) which, AFAIK is tasked with getting down to the actual nitty gritty of network management practices.<br>
<br>As for the general tone of the BBC article it does IMO serve to further the general misunderstanding of what 'differentiated services' are - there are already plenty of them, such as VOIP offerings in triple play packages. While it is certainly desirable & legislatable that ISPs should not mess with competing services that run across the Internet I don't think anyone seriously wants to condemn ALL IP traffic to do so, or forbid user choice of such services. <br>
<br>I believe the Internet Society could/should do more to establish its Open Internetworking and Usercentric models as widely understood standards as to what the Internet is. As bandwidth and capacity increase, and new applications that tie in to new devices such as set-top boxes proliferate, these differentiated services may well end up going down the same drain as earlier walled gardens such as AOL and Compuserve. <br>
<br>I just wonder how long it will be before cable companies start offering a 100% Internet fat pipe as an alternative to the triple play. At present there aren't the services to justify it but it seems there soon will be. <br>
<br>The <a href="http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=1112">Google Verizon seven principles</a>, while punting on mobile, establish a pretty fair baseline for wireline providers.<br> <br></span></span>j<br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 3:53 AM, Sivasubramanian M <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com">isolatedn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><font color="#333333" face="verdana, sans-serif">Hell</font><span style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">o,</span></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The following is a BBC News article as reported in the NetNeutrality list. Is this </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px;">Information Technology Industry Council? </span><span style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">meeting any significant as reported?</span></div>
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More "secret" corporate negotiations about the Internet's future<br>
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<a href="http://bit.ly/ayrGAN" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/ayrGAN</a> (BBC)<br>
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