[Dewayne-Net] Computer Science Professor, Former FCC Official Warns Against Net Neutrality

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: September 26, 2009 2:38:07 PM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Computer Science Professor, Former FCC Official  
Warns Against Net Neutrality

Computer Science Professor, Former FCC Official Warns Against Net  
Neutrality
<http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/09/computer_science_professor_for.html 
>

There are too many lawyers talking about net neutrality and not enough  
engineers; this was the message by a panel of computer science  
experts, a law professor and an economist Friday morning. They mostly  
warned against the potential constraints that net neutrality rules  
would have on network engineering.

David Farber, a professor of computer science and policy at Carnegie  
Mellon, said the FCC's proposal for new net neutrality rules could  
hamper innovation on the Web. Farber, who runs a popular e-mail list  
on technology issues and is a former chief technology officer for the  
FCC, said that Internet networks have always prioritized certain  
traffic and that new rules proposed by the Federal Communication  
Commission to try to stop discrimination on cable, DSL and wireless  
networks could constrain operators and tech companies from properly  
managing their networks.

Farber, who spoke on a panel about net neutrality at the think tank  
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, called the discussions  
around net neutrality "religious debates" that haven't taken into  
consideration the technological challenges faced by engineers,  
particularly those building the next generation of services for mobile  
broadband. Farber co-penned a piece in 2007 that criticized net  
neutrality.

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