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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (19524)	2/11/2007 4:30:11 PM
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"I cannot overlook how obfuscated this situation has become due to several factors, though. First, the redefinition of incumbent telephone and cable tv monopolies into ISPs. The former comes from a world of common carriage, and the latter, Hollywood. Neither of them, beyond supporting simple transport, were progenerative in the development of the Internet, and they continue to fight off the end to end principles of the Internet to this day." Point taken. But carriage is carriage, and content is content. Once again, we're going back "into the box". That's the way status quo players want these discussions to be: circular, and never-ending. Arguing from the standpoint of the end-user gives clarity to the discussion. The technology exists to give that user content from anywhere. Allowing ISPs to dictate content is wrong. Period. More to the point, in the presence of sufficient throughput, it's unnecessary. Jim