Comments on: Canada elections 2008, Part II http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17246 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Silly Ratfaced Git http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17246/comment-page-1#comment-830308 Silly Ratfaced Git Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:02:42 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17246#comment-830308 I should have also pointed out that the proposed law paragraph is a technical description of network neutrality. This is why I think that net neutrality is so important. It prevents all of the blatant garbage that we have observed the past few years. I should have also pointed out that the proposed law paragraph is a technical description of network neutrality. This is why I think that net neutrality is so important. It prevents all of the blatant garbage that we have observed the past few years.

]]> By: Silly Ratfaced Git http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17246/comment-page-1#comment-830283 Silly Ratfaced Git Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:46:05 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17246#comment-830283 The Libertarians also have a good handle on internet issues, which is no surprise. If I were Canadian I'd probably vote Libertarian or NDP depending on what riding I was in (accounting for the spoiler effect). A simple (albeit technical) description of what the Libertarians (and NDP) are saying is that we (US, CA, UK, NL, DE, FR, SE, NO, BR and any other country that believes in freedom of speech) need a law something like this: <blockquote> All internet service providers (ISP) shall be common carriers, and therefore must route their customer's data using only the first layer Internet Protocol (IP) header. Packets may be discarded as necessary during link congestion, but without using data from deeper protocol layers to decide which packets to discard. ISPs may not inspect packet contents beyond the first layer IP header. Such inspection is considered to be an invasion of the customer's privacy. </blockquote> That simple paragraph prohibits the blatant privacy invasions such as Phorm and NebuAd, and also prohibits censorship (traffic management / throttling) technologies such as those used by Comcast, Rogers, and Bell Canada. This is what we need, but I'm not holding my breath. More on this coming. SRG The Libertarians also have a good handle on internet issues, which is no surprise. If I were Canadian I’d probably vote Libertarian or NDP depending on what riding I was in (accounting for the spoiler effect).

A simple (albeit technical) description of what the Libertarians (and NDP) are saying is that we (US, CA, UK, NL, DE, FR, SE, NO, BR and any other country that believes in freedom of speech) need a law something like this:

All internet service providers (ISP) shall be common carriers, and therefore must route their customer’s data using only the first layer Internet Protocol (IP) header. Packets may be discarded as necessary during link congestion, but without using data from deeper protocol layers to decide which packets to discard. ISPs may not inspect packet contents beyond the first layer IP header. Such inspection is considered to be an invasion of the customer’s privacy.

That simple paragraph prohibits the blatant privacy invasions such as Phorm and NebuAd, and also prohibits censorship (traffic management / throttling) technologies such as those used by Comcast, Rogers, and Bell Canada.

This is what we need, but I’m not holding my breath.

More on this coming.

SRG

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