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Re: "Network Neutrality Squad": Users Protecting an Open and Fair Internet
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:48:04 -0500
From atkinson Robert <rca53 () columbia edu> Begin forwarded message: Dave: Congratulations to all the founders. This effort should be much more successful than any collection of static laws and regulations in terms of ensuring reasonably neutral networks without unduly limiting network operators' ability to be efficient and innovative. With your credibility, if the NN Squad discovers intentional, systematic abuses that aren't immediately rectified, there will be a body of serious, credible evidence that will support well-focused rules or successful, swift lawsuits. However, my guess is that the mere presence of an active NN Squad will be a very effective deterrent to abusive behavior. Let's hope so: the alternatives of non-neutral networks or an internet stifled by unnecessary backward-looking regulations are equally unacceptable. Bob -----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]=20 Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 6:46 AM To: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: [IP] "Network Neutrality Squad": Users Protecting an Open and Fair Internet=20 Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () VORTEX COM> Date: November 5, 2007 7:49:09 PM EST To: USACM-INFO () LISTSERV ACM ORGSubject: "Network Neutrality Squad": Users Protecting an Open and Fair =20
Internet Reply-To: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () VORTEX COM> "Network Neutrality Squad": Users Protecting an Open and Fair =20 Internet http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000327.html Greetings. I'm very pleased to announce a new project from PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility: "Network Neutrality Squad" - NNSquad http://www.nnsquad.org Joining PFIR Co-Founders Peter G. Neumann and I in this announcement are Keith Dawson (Slashdot.org), David J. Farber (Carnegie Mellon University), Bob Frankston, Phil Karn (Qualcomm), David P. Reed, Paul Saffo, and Bruce Schneier (BT Counterpane). Recent events such as Comcast's lack of candor regarding their secretive disruption of BitTorrent protocols, and Verizon's altering of domain name lookup results to favor their own advertising pages, are but tip-of-the-iceberg examples of how easily Internet operations can be altered in ways that may not be immediately obvious, but that still can have dramatic, distorting, and in some cases far-reaching negative consequences for the Internet's users. The Network Neutrality Squad ("NNSquad") is an open-membership, open-source effort, enlisting the Internet's users to help keep the Internet's operations fair and unhindered from unreasonable restrictions. The project's focus includes detection, analysis, and incident reporting of any anticompetitive, discriminatory, or other restrictive actions on the part of Internet service Providers (ISPs) or affiliated entities, such as the blocking or disruptive manipulation of applications, protocols, transmissions, or bandwidth; or other similar behaviors not specifically requested by their customers. Other key aspects of the project are discussions, technology development and deployment, and associated activities -- fostering cooperation and mutually agreeable methodologies whenever possible -- aimed at keeping the Internet a maximally unhindered, useful, competitive, fair, and open environment for the broadest possible range of applications and services. We invite individual, commercial, nonprofit, government, and all other Internet users and stakeholders (including ISPs) to participate in the Network Neutrality Squad. Please join the moderated mailing list (choice of immediate distribution or digest) for project announcements and discussions, by sending a message (any subject or text) to: nnsquad-subscribe () nnsquad org or by signing up at the mailing list Web page: http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad A moderated, interactive discussion and incident reporting forum is also available for more real-time communications on related topics: http://forums.pfir.org/main/messages/714/714.html Questions and comments are welcome at nnsquad-info () nnsquad org, or feel free to contact me directly for details. Working together, we can help to keep the Internet an incredibly useful resource for everyone around the globe, unhampered by any efforts to skew its enormous capabilities in ways that could hinder the many while benefiting the relative few. We hope that you'll join this cause. Thank you for your consideration. --Lauren-- (Affiliations shown for identification purposes only.) Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=3Dnow RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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