[IP] another two noter on Alfred Kahn on network neutrality
Begin forwarded message:
From: "David S. Isenberg" <isen@xxxxxxxx>
Date: November 1, 2006 10:35:02 AM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Alfred Kahn on network neutrality
Dave,
I've written a reply to Alfred Kahn's piece.
I know you agree more with Kahn than with me, but
since you've often used IP as a platform for dissenting
opinions, perhaps you might want to distribute it to
the IP list . . .
My full post is here:
http://isen.com/blog/2006/10/alfred-kahn-on-network-neutrality.html
An excerpt:
Kahn emphatically points out that the FCC stepped in when
Madison River Communications blocked Vonage VOIP service
and says,
>It is unthinkable that the regulatory or antitrust agencies
>would not strike down any other such discrimination by the
>telephone or cable companies against competing providers
>of content in favor of their own.
So what is Kahn's problem with a law prohibiting the
unthinkable? After all, we're a nation of laws, not of humans.
That's the theory, anyhow. I merely observe that the
"unthinkable" of one FCC chairman can become standard
operating procedure to another.
Regards,
David I
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Begin forwarded message:
From: "Faulhaber, Gerald" <faulhabe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: November 1, 2006 11:31:43 AM EST
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [IP] Alfred Kahn on network neutrality
Kahn's point is that we already have laws/regulations that provide
effective protection in the event bad stuff happens. Why do we need a
whole new layer of regulation? Isenberg seems to take the view that
laying on some more regulation is perfectly OK. I strongly disagree; we
have more than enough regulation these days.
Professor Gerald Faulhaber
Business and Public Policy Dept.
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Professor of Law
University of Pennsylvania
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