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From: Frank A. Coluccio	4/9/2006 9:01:47 PM
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Powell's Comments on Network Neutrality === Taken from The Canarie web site, as reported by Bill St. Arnaud (BSA, below): [From Dave Farber's IPer list. Although former FCC chairman Mike Powell's comments were directed specifically at a US audience I think they have wide applicability elsewhere as governments around the world wrestle with the issue of the future of the Internet as a critical infrastructure. The network neutrality debate is really about the lack of facilities based competition in the last mile. Let us solve that problem first, before looking to additional regulation. A good model that solves this problem without the need for regulation is the Barcelona @22 project lists.canarie.ca -- BSA] All I can say is clearly I agree with what Mike is reported as saying. I gather Mike talked from notes so the ful text is not available. If anyone has the audio, point me. Dave -- Powell Warns Net Neutrologists Not to Be Naive Capitol Rotunda Former FCC chairman Michael Powell is up on the stage at the Freedom to Connect conference right now, and he warns the tech elite crowd here not to be naive about the dangers of asking Congress for legislation on Net Neutrality. As he explains: The legislative process does not work well when it has a weak Understanding of innovation and tech policy. You are talking about 535 members who need to to get this. They have a very shallow understanding [of Net Neutrality]. If you go give them a quiz about the seven layers of the Internet, good luck. You live by the sword, you die by the sword. It is much harder get a Law off the books than to get it on. Someone will think it is a good idea to apply the same rules to the other side's products and services. Be careful because you are playing their game [the telcos']. We are talking about resources, ability, and 100 years of skill. He also points out the problem of the treating the Internet as a public asset: It is too facile to say the Internet belongs to the public. People are married to the metaphor of the public space, but they run into trouble whencit comes to who should pay for this stuff. They think it should be the government. That's not going to happen. The government is broke, It's going to stay broke. There won't be a Tennessee Valley Broadband Authority. So what should those concerned about the Net's future do? If this group can't figure it out, how is Congress supposed to? Powell's answer: You have to make it financially difficult for providers to act in certain ways because the grassroots consumer base will get angry. Here, here. ------------------------------------- To SUBSCRIBE: send a blank e-mail message to news-join@canarie.ca To UNSUBSCRIBE: send a blank email message to news-leave@canarie.ca ------------------------------------- These news items and comments are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or management.

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