[RTC List] Filmmakers' perspective on broadband

[Sean McLaughlin]

*Some thoughts on "Common Carriage" to prepare for the upcoming 
Broadband Forum - August 21st at Riverlodge in Fortuna:  
http://redwoodtech.org/node/492


THE NEXT TELECOM WAR
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          Moving from Net neutrality to infrastructure common carriage.



[SOURCE: Filmmaker, AUTHOR: David Rosen]
[Commentary] "Net neutrality is a distraction," argues Bruce Kushnick, 
of Teletruth, a broadband customer advocacy group. "As long as the telco 
and cable companies control the infrastructure and are allowed to 
vertically integrate all products (i.e., offer local and long distance, 
connection to the Internet, broadband and even wireless), they can 
control any activity or any competition over the networks, including all 
video. The only next step is to have common carriage returned: While the 
underlying infrastructure may be controlled by the incumbent, all 
applications and services should be allowed by all parties." Common 
carriage provides for a neutral telecommunications platform, whether it 
is for voice or video, data or music as well as if the signals are sent 
over a wire- or fiber-based network or via a wireless service. It would 
protect the interests of the content providers as well as end users. 
Further it prevents a network carrier from gaining unfair control over 
increasing aspects of the communications landscape, be it the ISP 
portion, the infrastructure or the content itself. This will likely turn 
out to be the major telecommunications battle.
http://benton.org/node/15527 
<http://benton.org/node/15527?utm_campaign=Benton%27s+Headlines&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2008/07/25/nid-15532&>

And here's link to the original source article in "Filmmaker" magazine:
http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/summer2008/netneutrality.php


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