Comments on: From Peer to Tier: killing the ‘Net http://wrythings.net/2006/04/04/from-peer-to-tier-killing-the-net/ words worth reading Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:22:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: michael http://wrythings.net/2006/04/04/from-peer-to-tier-killing-the-net/comment-page-1/#comment-9 michael Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:45:36 +0000 http://wrythings.net/archives/10#comment-9 http://www.saschameinrath.com/2006mar28the_north_american_internet_backbone As to who owns the Internet and who owns the backbone(s)... perhaps two different concepts. Also, what is the nature of the ownership held by these backbone providers? Property is not absolute... and in fact there are various obligations placed upon the owners of network infrastructure. To the extent possible, they wish to be liberated from them. In certain cases they have not met their obligations nor have they always lived up to agreements they have made. Some estimate that Telco's have broken promises to the tune of $200 Billion in terms of tax breaks they received with a promise to invest in infrastructure. By their promise and receipt of tax-breaks we should have 45Mb up/down just about everywhere in the USA. They were talking about this investment 20 years ago... Fiber everywhere with the capacity to deliver video services. If they kept their promise we'd be the world leader instead of #16 and falling in broadband. Industrial competitiveness isnt something you give away lightly. yet here we are. The metaphor of seafaring routes is apropos... some liken a broadband network in a municipality to a deep-water port. With these metaphors people get it... this matters for our economy. I'm not in the fight to save the Internet because we've fallen behind in deployment of high speed networks... I'm in the fight because I understand communication as central to what we espouse as of value in our political system. http://www.saschameinrath.com/2006mar28the_north_american_internet_backbone

As to who owns the Internet and who owns the backbone(s)… perhaps two different concepts.

Also, what is the nature of the ownership held by these backbone providers?

Property is not absolute… and in fact there are various obligations placed upon the owners of network infrastructure. To the extent possible, they wish to be liberated from them. In certain cases they have not met their obligations nor have they always lived up to agreements they have made. Some estimate that Telco’s have broken promises to the tune of $200 Billion in terms of tax breaks they received with a promise to invest in infrastructure. By their promise and receipt of tax-breaks we should have 45Mb up/down just about everywhere in the USA. They were talking about this investment 20 years ago… Fiber everywhere with the capacity to deliver video services. If they kept their promise we’d be the world leader instead of #16 and falling in broadband. Industrial competitiveness isnt something you give away lightly. yet here we are. The metaphor of seafaring routes is apropos… some liken a broadband network in a municipality to a deep-water port. With these metaphors people get it… this matters for our economy.

I’m not in the fight to save the Internet because we’ve fallen behind in deployment of high speed networks… I’m in the fight because I understand communication as central to what we espouse as of value in our political system.

]]> By: ted ernst http://wrythings.net/2006/04/04/from-peer-to-tier-killing-the-net/comment-page-1/#comment-8 ted ernst Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:35:17 +0000 http://wrythings.net/archives/10#comment-8 Who controls the backbone? Who controls the backbone?

]]> By: michael http://wrythings.net/2006/04/04/from-peer-to-tier-killing-the-net/comment-page-1/#comment-7 michael Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:32:39 +0000 http://wrythings.net/archives/10#comment-7 Tiering refers to having different "levels". Imagine certain content or users being privileged and allowed to travel over segments of the network backbone while other content is blocked, or restricted to slower pipes. What we're headed towards is that possibility. That is the stated preference of Telecom industry leaders. It is a violation of network neutrality principles. If they take the further step of blocking content or content types entirely then the control of content is virtually absolute. Tiering refers to having different “levels”. Imagine certain content or users being privileged and allowed to travel over segments of the network backbone while other content is blocked, or restricted to slower pipes.

What we’re headed towards is that possibility. That is the stated preference of Telecom industry leaders.

It is a violation of network neutrality principles.

If they take the further step of blocking content or content types entirely then the control of content is virtually absolute.

]]> By: ted ernst http://wrythings.net/2006/04/04/from-peer-to-tier-killing-the-net/comment-page-1/#comment-5 ted ernst Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:39:08 +0000 http://wrythings.net/archives/10#comment-5 I'm not up on this stuff. What's tiering? Is this "no Google for China?" What are we talking about here? I’m not up on this stuff. What’s tiering? Is this “no Google for China?” What are we talking about here?

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