Re: Senate Finance Committee's tax credits for broadband

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
Date: February 5, 2009 12:20:24 PM EST
To: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig () gmail com>
Cc: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: BOY DO I AGREE WITH DAVID djf Senate Finance  
Committee's tax credits for broadband

Here's a simple idea that would get some entrepreneurial juices  
flowing, because it would create a substantial greenfield opportunity  
around building out a free-and-open connectivity platform.

pass a bill such that anyone who provides

1) an open-to-all WiFi on outdoor 5GHz access point that provides  
direct routing of IPv6 packets onto the public Internet, where
2) encrypted packets get "most favored nation" priority and
3)  the capacity is divided evenly among the active directly connected  
ethernet adapters,

will be exempt from regulation on content, antenna location, ..., and  
may use any local high speed fiber or cable ISP to tunnel that traffic  
to and from the IPv6 backbone.

There's a reason for the specific technical choices, which will be  
apparent to many of those who understand the challenges to open, free  
connectivity being created by the "mules" or "trolls" who want to  
stand in the way of universal connectivity.  I don't think it's  
helpful to dive into them in detail.  They are just engineering  
judgements about what would stimulate capital formation in the form of  
sweat equity by creative entrpreneurs.

Note: I don't claim it is perfect, and I don't claim that it will  
solve world hunger or end the economic crisis.  It will outrage many -  
Dave knows who.




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