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RE: No s**t
By masher2 (blog) on 1/16/2007 5:05:55 PM , Rating: 2
> "Actually, the previous poster was correct. Net neutrality was the rule until the FCC changed it in 2005..."

No, you're mixed up on the history here. The FCC didn't make any rulings on Net Neutrality until 2005, the Madison River case, in which it ruled against MR's blocking of Vonage...a case in which I, and most people, agreed with the FCC. They went further that year and stated their four principles of Net Neutrality.. Consumers have a right to Internet access, to run whatever applications they wish, to free competition, etc. This is the so-called "Berners-Lee" model of Net Neutrality. Fine principles, that no one should object to.

However, the latest set of "Net Neutrality" bills goes much further, and attempts to prevent QoS technology from ever been implemented on the Internet. This is the so-called "dumb network" model, that the Internet must forever remain unable to provide QoS service guarantees, to prioritize traffic by type, traffic levels, priority, or anything else. This is more than wrong...its simply insane. It prevents the adoption of new, advanced technologies from ever seeing the light of day. Such bills are a travesty, and have luckily so far been shot down by Congress. May it never change.

