Tuesday, March 19, 2013
What Problem is Network Neutrality Solving?
Not everybody has been convinced that "network neutrality" rules are a terribly good way to solve the problem of unfair business competition.
As a practical matter, U.S. "network neutrality" rules mean that Internet service providers can sell consumers one type of Internet access service, namely a "best effort" class of service that does not prioritize any packets, at any time, for any reason save security.
For a person who wants to watch video or use VoIP at times of network congestion, that is not terribly helpful.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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