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another two noter on Alfred Kahn on network neutrality
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:19:58 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "David S. Isenberg" <isen () isen com> Date: November 1, 2006 10:35:02 AM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Alfred Kahn on network neutrality Dave, I've written a reply to Alfred Kahn's piece. I know you agree more with Kahn than with me, but since you've often used IP as a platform for dissenting opinions, perhaps you might want to distribute it to the IP list . . . My full post is here: http://isen.com/blog/2006/10/alfred-kahn-on-network-neutrality.html An excerpt:
Kahn emphatically points out that the FCC stepped in when Madison River Communications blocked Vonage VOIP service and says,
>It is unthinkable that the regulatory or antitrust agencies >would not strike down any other such discrimination by the >telephone or cable companies against competing providers >of content in favor of their own. So what is Kahn's problem with a law prohibiting the unthinkable? After all, we're a nation of laws, not of humans. That's the theory, anyhow. I merely observe that the "unthinkable" of one FCC chairman can become standard operating procedure to another.
Regards, David I ------- Begin forwarded message: From: "Faulhaber, Gerald" <faulhabe () wharton upenn edu> Date: November 1, 2006 11:31:43 AM EST To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: RE: [IP] Alfred Kahn on network neutrality Kahn's point is that we already have laws/regulations that provide effective protection in the event bad stuff happens. Why do we need a whole new layer of regulation? Isenberg seems to take the view that laying on some more regulation is perfectly OK. I strongly disagree; we have more than enough regulation these days. Professor Gerald Faulhaber Business and Public Policy Dept. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 Professor of Law University of Pennsylvania ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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