Daily VoIP Links for 2006-04-27
- [Daily Post from my people] VoIP You: The Future of Net Neutrality
"Things are beginning to come to a head in the debate over net neutrality. This week will see the topic take center stage in multiple corridors of Congress. As votes are put to the floor, the way that we access information, communicate, and do business could be greatly affected."
"Congress is selling the internet. Don't let them."
"What's clear at this point is that the Republican majority and telco/cable lobbyists have the upper hand, and the well-heeled club of high-tech CEOs advocating more firm declarations in the law regarding Net neutrality need to regroup."
"House Commerce Committee Republicans defeated an effort by Democrats today to strengthen network neutrality provisions in the panel's telecom reform bill. With four Democrats breaking ranks and joining the Republicans, the panel voted 34-22 to turn back an amendment by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) that would prohibit broadband providers from charging content and service providers different rates based on bandwidth consumption."
"I'm concerned about e-mails being blocked from advocacy groups, of all sides," said Jan Schakowsky, an Illinois Democrat who supported the amendment. "I'm concerned about start-ups that may be shut down."
"Web titans like Google and Yahoo! are battling some of the smartest lobbyists in the business. And they've just lost a big one on Capitol Hill"
"...an emergency voicemail system is probably a good idea, but should be designed from the ground-up for emergency use, and not simply be a repurposed standard voicemail product. The assumption should be that all business processes are suspended, no back office or personnel are functioning, and all you’ve got running is a bunch of servers on emergency power."
"'There is obviously tremendous interest in Voice over IP networking on North American campuses,' said Jeri Semer, executive director of ACUTA. 'Our survey suggests that our member institutions are being very methodical about how they are migrating to this advanced and beneficial technology.'"