[Chapter-delegates] ISP's and Google

[Rami Khater]

I completely agree, network neutrality/open inter networking is very much an international issue with ramifications beyond the regular categories we think of.  

If American ISPs discriminate against content providers that they do not have special contract deals with then they are in essence applying a "tax" or tariff to that traffic.  If they only cut contracts with American content providers (or majority of) then other countries will have incentive to discriminate as well, and promote their own domestic content over that of other countries since they cannot be sure their content is receiving the same treatment.  

We are just seeing the beginning of net neutrality, it will become a part of trade negations etc, nations will want to ensure their users and content have access to another nations sites and trafic.  I personally call this Digital Protectionism, will be interesting to see it fold out.

On Apr 13, 2010, at 10:34 AM, David Solomonoff wrote:

> This has certainly resulted in a robust conversation.
> 
> My feeling is that the broader implications are of interest to many outside the US.
> 
> We (US Chapters) may also  benefit by input from Chapters in other countries where they now have better broadband services.
> 
> David
> 
> Zaid Ali wrote:
>> On 4/12/10 5:57 PM, "Joly MacFie" <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
>> 
>>  
>>> Shall we take this over to the ISOC-US list now, or are we still game?
>>>    
>> 
>> I think US chapters need a forum to discuss Open Inter-networking/Net
>> Neutrality and also work together to come up with a coherent message
>> chapters can use at the local level to work with local policy makers. If we
>> choose to move the discussion to the ISOC-US list I think we should still
>> let chapters outside the US participate. Another alternative is for ISOC to
>> setup a mailing list on Open Inter-networking.
>> 
>> Zaid
>> 
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