Comments on: Full text of COPE Act http://bennett.com/blog/2006/05/full-text-of-cope-act/ A regular old blog Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Richard http://bennett.com/blog/2006/05/full-text-of-cope-act/comment-page-1/#comment-285741 Richard Tue, 16 May 2006 01:11:24 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/index.php/archives/2006/05/11/full-text-of-cope-act/#comment-285741 Try this: "consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content of their choice & consumers are entitled to run applications and use services of their choice" = no blocking or filtering. And "consumers are entitled to competition among network providers, application and service providers, and content providers" = no impairment or degrading. Is this hard to follow? Now tell me how an ISP filters spam and DOS attacks under your regulations. Try this: “consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content of their choice & consumers are entitled to run applications and use services of their choice” = no blocking or filtering.

And “consumers are entitled to competition among network providers, application and service providers, and content providers” = no impairment or degrading.

Is this hard to follow?

Now tell me how an ISP filters spam and DOS attacks under your regulations.

]]> By: directorblue http://bennett.com/blog/2006/05/full-text-of-cope-act/comment-page-1/#comment-285738 directorblue Tue, 16 May 2006 01:00:29 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/index.php/archives/2006/05/11/full-text-of-cope-act/#comment-285738 Here's a fun game we can play. I call it "Word search on the COPE Act and related documents": <b>block</b> - 0 occurrences <b>filter</b> - 0 occurrences <b>degrade</b> - 0 occurrences <b>impair</b> - 0 occurrences AT&T's anti-net-neutrality marketing site - “…[we] will not block, impair or degrade access to any legal web site, application or service, nor will we intentionally degrade the customer experience or the service delivery of content or application providers.” Hmmm. I'm mystified. I would have thought I could've found at least one of those words in the COPE Act -or- the Broadband framework. Maybe it's just my copy, though. I could've sworn I was called a shameless liar for calling those terms AWOL. Here’s a fun game we can play. I call it “Word search on the COPE Act and related documents”:

block – 0 occurrences
filter – 0 occurrences
degrade – 0 occurrences
impair – 0 occurrences

AT&T’s anti-net-neutrality marketing site – “…[we] will not block, impair or degrade access to any legal web site, application or service, nor will we intentionally degrade the customer experience or the service delivery of content or application providers.”

Hmmm. I’m mystified. I would have thought I could’ve found at least one of those words in the COPE Act -or- the Broadband framework.

Maybe it’s just my copy, though. I could’ve sworn I was called a shameless liar for calling those terms AWOL.

]]> By: Successful Blog - Net Neutrality 5-12-2006 http://bennett.com/blog/2006/05/full-text-of-cope-act/comment-page-1/#comment-284872 Successful Blog - Net Neutrality 5-12-2006 Fri, 12 May 2006 10:35:45 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/index.php/archives/2006/05/11/full-text-of-cope-act/#comment-284872 [...] Full text of COPE Act To encourage broadband deployment and preserve and promote the open and interconnected nature of the public Internet, consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content of their choice. [...] [...] Full text of COPE Act To encourage broadband deployment and preserve and promote the open and interconnected nature of the public Internet, consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content of their choice. [...]

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