Re Why Mike Masnick changed his mind on net neutrality / responses to Ben Thompson

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Hasan Diwan <hasan.diwan () gmail com>
> Date: December 10, 2017 at 6:07:09 PM EST
> To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Why Mike Masnick changed his mind on net neutrality / responses to Ben Thompson
>
> Prof Farber,
> [for IP, if you wish]
>
> The underlying question regarding network neutrality is one of innovation. Specifically, do we want innovation 
> throughout the OSI stack or restricted to a given set of levels. If the state mandated that Internet access had to be 
> symmetric, there would be no need for Bittorrent, for example, and the creativity that went into the realisation that 
> users needed to access files from a single source might not have occurred, or would have done so at a later date. 
>
> From a personal perspective, I'd rather have the "space" for innovation restricted to content delivery, rather than 
> throughout the stack, but I do understand why one might take the opposing viewpoint. -- H



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