[178352] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles Fidelman)
Fri Feb 27 11:04:41 2015
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:04:31 -0500
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
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I'd think they'd be better off with some jujitsu, along the lines of:
"We've always practiced network neutrality, not like some of our
competitors, this won't effect us at all and may enforce some good
business practices on others"
(As far as I can tell, Verizon has not played games with favoring their
own content - for all intents and purposes, they operate FIOS as a
common carrier - no funny throttling, no usage caps, etc.)
I'm surprised they weren't a bit more vocal on the OTHER FCC decision of
the day - preempting some state restrictions on municipal broadband
builds - Verizon has been very active in pushing state laws to kill muni
networks (even in places where they have no intention of building out).
Miles Fidelman
Scott Fisher wrote:
> I am not arguing that they have a valid complaint. I just think their
> method of doing so is a bit childish. It does get the point across,
> just not in the method I respect. Just my opinion though.
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Rob McEwen <rob@invaluement.com> wrote:
>> Scott Fisher,
>>
>> I think Verizon's statement was brilliant, and entirely appropriate. Some
>> people are going to have a hard time discovering that being in favor of
>> Obama's version of "net neutrality"... will soon be just about as cool as
>> having supported SOPA.
>>
>> btw - does anyone know if that thick book of regulations, you know... those
>> hundreds of pages we weren't allowed to see before the vote... anyone know
>> if that is available to the public now? If so, where?
>>
>> Rob McEwen
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Scott Fisher <littlefishguy@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Funny, but in my honest opinion, unprofessional. Poor PR.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon@cox.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://publicpolicy.verizon.com/blog/entry/fccs-throwback-thursday-move-imposes-1930s-rules-on-the-internet
>>
>
>
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
