[Chapter-delegates] ISOC on "Net Neutrality" vs. "Open Inter-networking"

[Marcin Cieslak]

We have new document on the isoc.org website, dated Feb 22
and address to the Secretary of State for Development of
the Digital Economy of France:

http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/usercentricity/20100222-Inter-Networking.pdf

I recommend the whole thing (it's quite short). One quote for now:

"In this context, the concept of “network neutrality” has come to
the foreground of policy and regulatory discussions about the
Internet. Network neutrality is a broad and illdefined term that
encompasses a range of policy objectives including free expression,
user choice, and discrimination as well as business issues including
network traffic management, pricing and overall business models.

The Internet Society believes that the proper focus in this discussion
is on the desired outcome: continued open internetworking.  Current
debate centres on whether or how IP packets can be treated impartially
when they travel across the network, regardless of content, source,
or destination. In this paper, the Internet Society articulates key
principles based on the nature of the Internet that must be taken
into account in policy discussions about open internetworking,
without prejudice to the range of commercial and business decisions
that have given rise to the debate."

--Marcin