AT&T channels -- the devil? -- in explaining why net neutrality debate is over the top

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/04/att_channels_the_devil_in_expl.html?wprss=posttech


AT&T channels -- the devil? -- in explaining why net neutrality debate is over the top
AT&T thinks supporters of net neutrality are crying wolf -- or Satanic light bulbs. Okay, bear with me, I'll explain.

It's pointing to extreme "what ifs" that could occur if the Federal Communications Commission doesn't create rules that 
would require companies like it to treat all traffic equally on the Web. But it says there aren't enough examples of 
wrongdoing to justify those fears. And the company wonders whether rules would justify what they describe to this point 
as mostly fears.

Companies such as Google and public interest groups disagree. They point to a handful of examples of discrimination by 
broadband service providers that advantage their businesses unfairly. And they say rules today would protect the growth 
of Internet applications. Google said in a recent filing to the FCC that AT&T blocked Slingplayer on its network even 
after the mobile video provider configured its application so that it wouldn't eat up too much bandwidth.


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