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Net Neutrality: (E.) Critical Analysis
“Behind every great and abusive monopoly almost always lies a network- and not only a network, a network which has been co-opted, which has been turned into a discriminatory network, and which is used to carry out and further the power of the monopoly” – Timothy Wu, Columbia Law Professor, speaking at staff briefing for the House Commerce Committee on Capital Hill on February 15th
The FCC and ISPs talk about BT while FP demands “Net Neutrality!”
Yesterday I attended the public hearing held by the FCC at Harvard Law School that was addressing allegations lodged against Comcast and other ISPs that they deliberately have (and continue) to delay and block P2P applications to and from their users, whom are paying customers. No matter if the files being shared are legal or not, these ISPs have been accused of managing their networks unfavorably to the file-sharers all across the United States.
I was invited to the event by my Professor, David Monje, whom shares a friendship, academic and otherwise, to the members of FreePress.net. From FreePress’ perspective this was billed as an attemp “To Save The Internet” as Net Neutrality is a major lobbying issue for this non-profit organization. I was really excited to be there and hear what both sides had to say.
