more on a comment on Summary for Congress of proposed NN Act Proposal

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: L Jean Camp <ljeanc () gmail com>
Date: June 21, 2006 2:03:25 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] a comment on Summary for Congress of proposed NN  
Act Proposal
Reply-To: ljean () ljean com

If there were a requirement that individuals have true IP addresses
this would require moving to IPv6. Moving to IPv6, and requiring
DNSSEC would have very real security advantages. It can also have very
real privacy disadvantages, assuming things could actually get worse.

The core problem is that right now we have ad-hoc regulations based on
the kind of wire that goes from the fiber to the home. VOIP providers
have no reliability, 911, or network reconstruction requirements.
Telephone companies face regulatory hurdles at the local level
offering priority streamed video. And I could set up a neighborhood
wireless company on my back porch.

Indeed there are different requirements for handling billing
information based on primary line of business -- Cable and telcos have
different requirements for personal information, and these privacy
requirements may vary based on the content of the data streams.

The ISPs have a sweet spot now- they are often monopolies or
duopolies. They have the lack of liability for content of common
carriers and the ability to discriminate of publishers. The static
neoclassical marke did not create this - technological innovation and
regulation did.

This is not a battle between regulation versus the free market. What
is under debate is the terms of the market: common carriage or duopoly
price discrimination? Is an ISP a carrier of bits, or a cable company,
or a voice provider that must rebuild the network after a disaster?

Staffers could do alot worse than reviewing "The Gordian Knot".

thanks,
Jean


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