Net Neutrality 5-04-2006

Net Neutrality Links

I’ve added these links to the Net Neutrality Page today.

Net Neutrality = A Financial Services Industry Free-Ride?

When it comes to the issue of Net neutrality—or what my PFF colleagues more appropriately call “Net neutering“—it seems like a lot of people are forgetting the old lesson that there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. The latest example of this is summarized in this Reuter’s article discussing the possibility of the financial sector potentially gearing up to jump into the “Capitol Hill fight over the future of the Internet [to] stop an effort it says could add billions in costs just to maintain current offerings.�

‘Net Neutrality’ Battle Widens

“Net neutrality is not about being neutral, it is about companies that benefit from selling video on the internet and their potential advertisers looking to have the cost of the bandwidth they use paid by the consumer,” said Bill McCloskey, BellSouth spokesman.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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