NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Re: "Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group" announced
Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> posted: > > "Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group" announced > > http://bit.ly/avPvlJ (Google Public Policy Blog) My comment: This group's contribution will only be successful if it: 1) first articulates the general purpose nature of the Internet, including how "net neutrality" stems from and is supported by that (i.e., through application independence and interoperability across autonomous routers); and 2) then articulates how innovations like various notions for "Quality of Service" or types of network management will affect the general purpose character of the platform. This will keep clear what's at stake in the key respects, eliminate confusion, prevent misleading contention, and assure that tradeoffs are recognized rather than elided as various propositions are valorized on their own terms, rather than in relation to the essential characteristics the platform already provides to us. A constructive role you can play in relation to ISOC/IETF would be to recommend language to be published under a "General Purpose Platform Impact" header in their open protocols, similarly to the present "Security Considerations" header. You can also provide the public opportunity to comment on language you propose in this connection. Your framing of your mission should proceed from RFCs 4924, 4084, 1958, 2774, and 3724. See further comments along these lines here: Comments to FCC: > http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=7020037177 Same Comments on Scribd: > http://www.scribd.com/doc/25267644/Seth-Johnson-Comments-on-Preserving-the-Open-Internet Two names who should be invited to take part in this group: David Reed, John Waclawski A helpful framing -- specifically attentive to the problem that the "net neutrality" issue elicits in relation to standards and the process of standards making -- can be found in the legislative proposal by the Dynamic Platform Standards Project, available here (http://www/dpsproject.com/legislation.html). Cordially, Seth Johnson Coordinator, Dynamic Platform Standards Project (http://www.dpsproject.com) (posting in my individual capacity)