net neutrality

When I read Joe Weinmans prediction for 2011, I felt troubled. I seems to take too much of the cellular companies claims at face value. Om Malik, one the other hand, take a more critical view at the same claims.

While on the whole, a more frugal approach to cellular connected devices operating systems, applications and content delivery is a good idea, the same holds true for the wired connection. I would seem that as the Google and Verizon so called net neutrality initiative failed, the carrier in the US have failed back to capacity limitations argument.

In a recent article in Market Watch, John C, Devorak comments on the ruling against the FCC in it's actions against comcast. His premise is interesting: allowing the FCC into internet connection is dangerous, and it's a slippery road leading to government regulating the traffic of the internet.