[Chapter-delegates] Should ISOC support Net Neutrality in the U.S.?

[Richard Hill]

Mark's article is good, but it is not clear to me that everybody agrees on
what would be an appropriate "multi-stakeholder approach" for this issue.

 

If you think that in a "multi-stakeholder approach" decisions should only be
made with the full consensus of all stakeholders, then I doubt that you will
ever get meaningful network neutrality regulation, because some sectors of
industry will likely oppose the regulation.

 

In my view, the FCC's 2015 Open Internet Order was an excellent example of
implementing the multi-stakeholder model outlined in article 35 of the Tunis
Agenda, which states that "a. Policy authority for Internet-related public
policy issues is the sovereign right of States."  Since it seems to me that
network neutrality is a public policy issue, it seems correct to me that the
final decision is made by government authorities who, after extensive
consultation with all stakeholders, implement laws passed by parliament and
whose decisions are reviewed by an independent judiciary.


Best,

Richard

 

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Sent: Sunday, July 9, 2017 17:39
To: vinton cerf
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Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Should ISOC support Net Neutrality in the
U.S.?

 

To this point made by Vint, John and Evan, 

 

On Jul 8, 2017, at 8:35 AM, vinton cerf <vgcerf at gmail.com> wrote:

<snip>

The better solution would be an Internet Title expressing NN rules in an
amended Telecom act but the present Congress seems an unlikely place in
which to achieve passage of such legislation. 

 

I would encourage people to read Mark Buell's post about "What net
neutrality is (and isn't)":

 

https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/north-america-bureau/2017/05/what-net-n
eutrality-and-isnt

 

 

Dan

 

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