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Skype asks FCC to open up cellular networks
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:48:28 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden () nokia com> Date: February 23, 2007 5:29:15 PM EST To: dave () farber netCc: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden () nokia com>, Bob Burger <rberger () ibd com>, dwayne () warpspeed com
Subject: Re: [IP] Skype asks FCC to open up cellular networks Reply-To: bob.hinden () nokia com Dave,
Skype yesterday petitioned the FCC to lay the smack down on wireless phone carriers who "limit subscribers' right to run software communications applications of their choosing" (read: Skype software). Skype wants the agency to more stringently apply the famous 1968 Carterfone decision that allowed consumers to hook any device up to the phone network, so long as it did not harm the network. In Skype's eyes, that means allowing any software or applications to run on any devices that access the network.
To me, this is what "Network Neutrality" is all about. Is it OK for the network provider to limit the applications that can use the network?
In this case, the cellular operators don't want applications to run that would compete with their own services.
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