Juan Carlos, grazie per questa segnalazione.

Ha attirato molto la mia attenzione questa affermazione:

The implications of such a decision would be profound. Web and mobile companies will live or die not on the merits of their technology and design, but on the deals they can strike with AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, and others. This means large phone and cable companies will be able to “shakedown” startups and established companies in every sector, requiring payment for reliable service.

Ebbene questa situazione è già ampliamente presente già oggi: una ricerca fatta da Ramesh Govindan di USC mostra come Google sia ormai un vero e proprio TELCO con una sua mega infrastruttura fatta di reti e di data center. E i principali provider di CDN sono già oggi in grado di fornire un vantaggio competitivo nella user experience a chi ha i soldi per permettersele. 

Io credo che dobbiamo prenderne atto e cominciare a immaginare un modello alternativo di neutrality: e se parlassimo piuttosto di fairness? E se cominciassimo a ragionare su di un modello europeo per una policy per l'accesso ad Internet?

Giorgio
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On 05/11/2013 04:45, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote:

We’re About to Lose Net Neutrality — And the Internet as We Know It

Net neutrality is a dead man walking. The execution date isn’t set, but it could be days, or months (at best). And since net neutrality is the principle forbidding huge telecommunications companies from treating users, websites, or apps differently — say, by letting some work better than others over their pipes — the dead man walking isn’t some abstract or far-removed principle just for wonks: It affects the internet as we all know it.

Once upon a time, companies like AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, and others declared a war on the internet’s foundational principle: that its networks should be “neutral” and users don’t need anyone’s permission to invent, create, communicate, broadcast, or share online. The neutral and level playing field provided by permissionless innovation has empowered all of us with the freedom to express ourselves and innovate online without having to seek the permission of a remote telecom executive.
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Continua qui: http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/11/so-the-internets-about-to-lose-its-net-neutrality/



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