Josh Goldstein on 19 Oct 2007 00:17:01 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] cultural ethics of email and spam


Sounds like a free market economy.

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From: Matthew Rosewarne <mrosewarne@inoutbox.com>
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 7:49:09 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] cultural ethics of email and spam

On Wednesday 17 October 2007, zuzu wrote:
> He presents other arguments, but the gist of his criticism is that the
> paper is fine (Isenberg used to work at AT&T and knows of the some
> people involved in the research) but simply leaves out important
> considerations. It cannot, then, be used to make the claim that a
> non-neutral Net is a cheaper Net.

The problem with this paper is that the managed networks (phone, cable, or
even heavily filtered internet) simply cannot do what the internet does. 
When managing a traffic on a network, one must understand what all that
traffic is, measure it and qualify it.  The internet is not for any specific
purpose, but is a general-purpose network.  It's just not very efficient at
the kind of task usually performed by TV broadcast or, in many cases, copper
phone lines.  Trying to "optimise" the internet for a specific purpose is
counter-productive, as it interferes with other uses of the network.   This
would make it far more difficult to innovate with new protocols and
techniques, as they would all have to deal with the various filters and
shapers that are in their way.  The internet is simply best when nobody tries
to turn it into something it isn't.


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