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

[Joly MacFie]

Very good. I wish I had had this to refer to at the recent NYC Council hearing!

Is it possible to also publish it as a general policy document without
the introductory letter?

j

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Marcin Cieslak <saper at saper.info> wrote:
>
> 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
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