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[Robert Brockway]

On Sat, 9 Aug 2008, Scott Elcomb wrote:

> Sorry - can't resist.  If "the people" make it an issue and _ask_ for
> that as a default, how does it affect the concept of net neutrality?
> The whole fight over "Net Neutrality" is about corporations (or ...
> shudder... gov't) making decisions for us - without necessarily asking
> for consent - isn't it?

I think there is a broad and a narrow definition.  The narrow one is as 
you state but the broad definition is that the underlying design of the 
Internet should not be predisposed towards certain types of traffic or 
make assumptions about how people will use the network in the future.  We 
shouldn't (for example) tweak TCP network wide to help HTTP because we 
can't predict how the network will be used in 20 or 50 years time.

I feel that both definitions have been used in various net neutrality 
discussions I've read - often without being explicitely phrased.  I can't 
think of specific examples but I'm sure I've seen the broad definition 
implicitely used on the NANOG list.

Cheers,

Rob

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