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Re: Net Neutrality: A Radical Form of Non-Discrimination by Hal Singer
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:06:14 -0700
{editors comments -- I know Bob Crandall and think a lot of him. I also can not personally verify the "facts" stated below. I also think Connect Kentucky has dome a good job in the rural areas at least. It is always nice for authors to statetheir possible conflicts so one can take them into consideration -- they almost never do. Dave} ________________________________________ From: Bruce Kushnick [bruce () newnetworks com] Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 8:20 PM To: David Farber Subject: RE: [IP] Re: Net Neutrality: A Radical Form of Non-Discrimination by Hal Singer First, about the authors, HAL J. SINGER and bob Crandall --- Criterion Economics, LLC Criterion Economics is a stink tank -- AT&T and Verizon et al are their clients. but here's some of the research we compiled for Harvard Nieman about corporate-funded stink tanks. Harvard Nieman: http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=background.view&backgroun did=00208 Corporate-funded research designed to influence public policy, October 01, 2007 ---"Reports by well-known think tanks and individuals funded by telecoms are helping quash competition, increase phone rates and set up a corporate-oriented Internet system. Is there any reason to trust these reports? Or to trust experts who testify before regulators without revealing the sources of their funding?" Criterion Economics is a consulting firm. Its clients include: AT&T, Bell Canada, BellSouth, CTIA-The Wireless Association, Qwest Communications, SBC, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone. . http://www.criterioneconomics.com/who/ They are simply defending allowing a vertically integrated monopoly of wireline services --local, long distance, DSL (broadband, ISP (connection to the internet) as one service that the telcos control and so they can do whatever they want with any 'traffic' over any piece of their pipes. Their articles are corporate-funded slush. As bob Frankston writes, "This is akin to arguing that monopolies are far more efficient because they can provide guarantees that you can't make if you had to compete." Ever since a regulatory agency, the FCC, created anything upgraded as an "interstate information service", and no longer common carriage with telecommunication obligations to NOT open degrade or filter the communications, Telco stink tanks will attempt to create data to support their clients. I don't know how much money Criterion received, but it is clear that with the help of the other 'lobbying' and astroturf groups, like New Millennium Research Council, etc, they will be able to put one over on the regulators and have their voice heard, not the public interest. Another recent example is the recent FCC broadband report, which quotes the Phoenix Center and Connect Kentucky as sources of why America is not really 15th in the world in broadband and the OCED broadband stats are wrong. Bruce. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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