On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:57:42 -0600 Aaron Toponce <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 4/9/2010 7:45 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 18:51:37 -0600 > > Christer Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I think everyone on this list knows what net neutrality stands for, > > > > Actually, now that I think of it, I know what I think it means. Has > > anyone got a concise neutral definition of the term? > > From Wikipedia: > > "Network neutrality is a principle proposed for user access networks > participating in the Internet that advocates no restrictions on > content, sites, or platforms, on the kinds of equipment that may be > attached, and on the modes of communication allowed, as well as > communication that is not unreasonably degraded by other traffic. > > "The principle states that if a given user pays for a certain level of > Internet access, and another user pays for the same level of access, > that the two users should be able to connect to each other at the > subscribed level of access." > Thanks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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