Net Pioneers Say Open Internet Should Be Separate

angry tapir writes "The US Federal Communications Commission should allow for an open Internet separate from specialized services that may prioritize IP traffic, a group of Internet and technology pioneers has recommended. The document, filed in response to an FCC request for public comments on proposed network neutrality rules, steers clear of recommending what rules should apply to the open Internet. Among the tech experts signing the document are Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple; Bruce Perens, founder of the open-source software movement; Clay Shirky, an author and lecturer at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program; and David Reed, a contributor to the development of TCP/IP and an adjunct professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab."

Comments

Proposition

[decipher_saint]

I propose we make a new internet, except with blackjack and hookers! Oh...

Re:Proposition

[Lanteran]

in fact, forget the internet!

Re:We already did the closed/locked off thing...

[RazorSharp]

Forget the hookers and blackjack and just give me the internet.

I thought hookers and blackjack ARE the internet! You mean it does more?

Re:Fence Sitting

[santax]

That's a lie sir. My niece called me today and assured me 'we' are a little pregnant. So it is possible.

Re:Internet2 was great for academia..

[DarkOx]

Kwh is not the dumbest unit ever. Edison started selling electricity in Horsepower/hours.

Re:Internet2 was great for academia..

[butalearner]

let me correct this for you: horsepower-hour... (which is roughly 750Wh)

also Kwh is not a unit of energy, kWh is... its kWh

He was speaking chocobo, you insensitive clod!

Re:Bruce Perens, founder of the open-source softwa

[Bruce Perens]

You mean you were expecting the usual crowd of horse's asses on Slashdot and suddenly there's the horse's mouth :-)