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Net Pioneers Say Open Internet Should Be Separate

Posted by Soulskill on from the digital-segregation dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Internet2 was great for academia.. by by+(1706743) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well, suppose the power mains to your block had a relatively low capacity. And suppose your neighbor starts growing copious amounts of a "cash crop" which is not exactly legal (analog: illegal torrents), hogging many kWh (dumbest unit ever...) in the process with grow lamps, which means you're constantly experiencing brownouts (analog: sluggish 'net). Would you be in favor of throttling electricity (analog: bandwidth) to said neighbor? What if the power company started throttling electricity to all grow lamps, even those used for legitimate gardening uses (analog: legal torrents)? My (rather shaky) point is that, although your best interests aren't taken to heart, perhaps someone's best interests are.

    Onward came the -1 Trolls...

  2. It's NORML to own a grow lamp by tepples · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Would marijuana law reform (analog: copyright law reform) figure into the solution? Or would the major drug and synthetic fiber companies (analog: the MPAA which controls the news media) continue to lobby so hard against it that it's considered unthinkable?

    1. Re:It's NORML to own a grow lamp by Stregano · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Uh, I have no idea if this is still on topic and now my head hurts (analog: the copius amounts of throttling on the internet means that the free internet is signed by some of the big people of the internet and that rthe square root of 81 is 9 and ben and jerry's ice cream is awesome). How close was I?

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    2. Re:It's NORML to own a grow lamp by Bigjeff5 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      How close was I?

      Purple.

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  3. mod parent up by Shakrai · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is the most insightful analogy I've ever seen on /.

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