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

Fred Baker fred at cisco.com
Thu Feb 25 15:15:15 PST 2010


before we publish it generally, may I suggest that the chapters and  
advisory council review and comment on it?

On Feb 25, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Joly MacFie wrote:

> 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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