tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post6806912105382031785..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: US and NATO Declare War on Net NeutralityGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-3237021420315335042007-03-27T18:35:00.000+00:002007-03-27T18:35:00.000+00:00Some data is certainly more important than others ...Some data is certainly more important than others - the problem is defining which. Because people will never agree, the best solution is not to prioritise certain classes, but to improve the speeds for all.<BR/><BR/>As for upgrading the Internet's backbone, I already pay for it in the form of the fees to my Internet supplier. Built in to that (if it's a forward-looking business) are costs of upgrading pipes; that, in its turn, goes to pay for new ones.<BR/><BR/>Net neutrality is necessary to preserve a level playing field for innovative new uses. The instant net neutrality is lost there will be entrenched forces fighting newcomers with new ideas.<BR/><BR/>This is essentially the battle going on with Microsoft in areas like office formats: we don't have "office format neutrality", which will only come when we have a single, genuinely open standard like ODF, controlled by no one vendor.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-9018782053335740842007-03-27T12:45:00.000+00:002007-03-27T12:45:00.000+00:00This is why net neutrality is bad. You have to adm...This is why net neutrality is bad. You have to admit there is certain data that is more important than others. Medical data is more important than your everyday web browsing. Net neutrality will slow the web browsing function because it forces all data to be treated equally. <BR/><BR/>I am working with the hands off the internet coalition and what people don't realize is that somebody wants to make the necessary upgrades to the internet's backbone but nobody wants to help pay for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-61760553633283408562007-03-22T20:50:00.000+00:002007-03-22T20:50:00.000+00:00Good point: if they're worried, they could spend s...Good point: if they're worried, they could spend some of their defence dosh on upgrading the wiring....Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-41323611886123402102007-03-22T20:36:00.000+00:002007-03-22T20:36:00.000+00:00The internet was designed to be robust and neutral...The internet was designed to be robust and neutral. If it works as designed, then it will deliver important messages, along with all sorts of other junk. It won't waste resources making decisions better made at the ends. It will just do its robust and neutral job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com