Verizon: Network Neutrality fans suffer from 'paranoia'

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: August 20, 2008 6:27:39 PM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Verizon: Network Neutrality fans suffer from  
'paranoia'

VERIZON: NETWORK NEUTRALITY FANS SUFFER FROM 'PARANOIA'

Verizon Chief Technology Officer Dick Lynch spoke at the Progress and  
Freedom Foundation's annual summit in Aspen (CO) Tuesday. He urged a  
"change in mindset on the part of policymakers to acknowledge the  
realities of the 100-megabit world" and suggested that other industry  
participants be pragmatic as well. "The public interest can best be  
served by getting as much broadband in front of as many people as  
possible, as quickly as possible, and ensuring that investment keeps  
up with demand," Lynch said. "To a large extent, this is a matter of  
taking down the barriers to investment and refraining from erecting  
new ones." He said, "We need to guard against turning technical and  
business decisions into political decisions." He said that for  
economic reasons, Verizon may need to slow down some Internet traffic  
that is not time-sensitive -- like file-sharing or e-mail. Some people  
hearing this "get all incensed and they accuse me of violating things  
I didn't even know that I could violate," he said. Customers who are  
"doing a P2P download or e-mail, they aren't going to see that 22- 
millisecond delay. And yet that's the kind of thing that seems to  
(cause) paranoia."

<http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2008/08/dispatch_from_aspen_verizon_te.php 
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