[LINK] Net neutrality

[Richard Chirgwin]

Stilgherrian wrote:
> On 2/5/08 11:28 PM, "Fred Pilcher" <fpilcher at netspeed.com.au> wrote:
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>> I've had a request from a mate who's studying journalism asking whether
>> the "net neutrality" issue has ever arisen in Australia and whether
>> there's any related legislation. I'm stumped, but I know where to get
>> the answer. :-)
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> Fred, as far as I can tell the political scene in Australia hasn't advanced
> beyond getting the Internet to work *at all*, or deciding which technology
> to use to deliver broadband beyond goat-track speeds to the bush, WiMax or
> FTTN to some undefined node. Or protect the kiddies from teh pr0ns.
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> The idea that there might be different *kinds* of Internet traffic --
> beyond pr0n and non-pr0n, that is -- is something that our political masters
> have yet to comprehend.
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Most users are similarly ignorant, Stil. My experience from the IT media 
is that it's damned hard to get "net neutrality" to fly as a public 
issue. The "give a stuff" factor is missing. Hence people look at (for 
eg) 100 Mbps technologies in vendor demonstrations, as I did a few weeks 
ago; few of the assembled press notice that the idea is "20 Mbps 
Internet, save the rest for Pay TV" (and those who do notice don't care).

RC
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