Re: Techdirt: Net Neutrality Debate Again Descends Into Shouting, Farce

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Dean F. Sutherland" <dfsuther () cs cmu edu>
Date: June 25, 2007 2:25:05 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Techdirt: Net Neutrality Debate Again Descends  
Into Shouting, Farce

For IP if you like...

On June 25, 2007 1:09:15 PM, Jason Weisberger <jweisberger () mac com>  
wrote:

> Without a monkey to punch or a mortgage to lower, you'd be reliant  
> on educational institutions to provide access to all this as the  
> telecoms could hardly be bothered until they were almost too late.   
> Do you think our universities were going to become infrastructure  
> providers to all the people of the world?

Although originated in a somewhat different context, my "tech support  
from graduate students" scenario is applicable here.

        Caller:  I have a show-stopping problem with xxxx. Help!
        Grad Student:  Very interesting.  What are the symptoms?
	C: The network stops working when... [explanation continues for a  
while]
        GS: Fascinating.  Let me think for a moment... [pauses to think]
	GS: What an interesting bug.  It's not closely related to my  
research though, and it's not part of my thesis.  Nice talking to     
you! [GS hangs up]
        Caller:  But..  But...!

Universities as infrastructure providers would be a BAD plan.  And  
this is the least of the reasons why.

Dean F. Sutherland
Ph.D. Candidate in Software Engineering
dfsuther () cs cmu edu



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