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Re: [Arch-econ] Vint an interview you did with me in 1997 is being quoted on Nanog as reason to support the current so callednet neutrality bill
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Blaine Christian)
Fri Nov 11 10:52:48 2005
In-Reply-To: <0BF15955-8585-4DCC-B712-2ED49162B06E@cookreport.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu, Vint Cerf <vint@google.com>
From: Blaine Christian <blaine@blaines.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:52:22 -0500
To: Gordon Cook <cook@cookreport.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Nov 11, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Gordon Cook wrote:
> thank you Vint.
>
> folks please note Vint's remarks on common carriage. This stuff =20
> gets very complicate very fast and i do not have it all at the tip =20
> of my tongue by any means. Vint did engage with Fred Goldstein, =20
> Andrew Odlyzko, David Isenberg and others in a discussion of this =20
> about 3 weeks ago.
>
> Please note also Vint's remark:
>
>> If ISPs were to inspect packets and interfere with those of =20
>> competing application providers (voice, video), I would consider =20
>> that a violation of the principle of network neutrality.
>
> I have NOT been reading this bill carefully myself
> dangerous i know. BUT if i understand it correctly this is =20
> precisely what this bill would allow and this is NOT I think what =20
> any of us want. For whatever my opinion is worth I hope you all =20
> will oppose this loud and clear.
Gordon, from what I read the "interfere" part was specifically called =20=
out in the Bill...
I have probably missed some of the "gotcha's". Do you have the =20
sections where BITS providers will be allowed to interfere/inspect? =20
The inspect part does not appear to be referenced.
Here is the section I am talking about...
---snip-----
SEC. 104. ACCESS TO BITS.
(a) DUTIES OFPROVIDERS.=97Subject to subsection2
(b), each BITS provider has the duty=973
(1) not to block, impair, or interfere with the4
offering of, access to, or the use of any lawful con-5
tent, application, or service provided over the Inter-6
net;7
--end snip----
