[91263] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Net Neutrality Legislative Proposal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Florian Weimer)
Tue Jul 11 09:58:38 2006
From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
To: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au>
Cc: Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org>,
nanog@nanog.org
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:58:00 +0200
In-Reply-To: <20060711074129.GD98488@internode.com.au> (Mark Newton's message
of "Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:11:29 +0930")
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
* Mark Newton:
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 09:39:50AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
>
> > * Mark Newton:
> > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 07:58:48AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > > > (I've wondered for quite some time if "net neutrality" implies that
> > > > Ebay or Google must carry third party traffic on their corporate
> > > > networks, by the way.)
> > > eBay and Google aren't selling transit.
> >
> > Neither is your local cable company. 8-)
>
> Eh? Of course they are. They're selling transit to their cable
> modem customers, surely?
Quote from a typical terms of service agreement:
| (b) Subscriber will not resell the Service, or any portion thereof, or
| otherwise charge others to use the Service, or any portion
| thereof. The Service is for personal use only, and Subscriber agrees
| not to use the Service for operation as an Internet Service Provider,
| to host web sites for other parties or for any other business
| enterprise or to connect the Cable modem to any server or to any
| computer outside of the Subscriber's premises.
|
| (c) Without Time Warner Cable 's prior written approval, Subscriber
| shall not post or transmit through the Service any material that
| constitutes or contains advertising or any solicitation with respect
| to products or services, nor shall Subscriber transmit bulk e-mail
| without prior written permission from Time Warner Cable.
IP transit has no such restrictions.
