(Silver Spring, MD) Say what you want about network neutrality proponents, their conferences are a lot more fun than the typical industry-backed events. David Isenberg’s Freedom-to-Connect (F2C) conference, held here at the AFI’s Silver Theater, is a relatively free-wheeling affair, populated by colorful activists, voluble public interest advocates, the press and a fiddle player that entertains the attendees during breaks.
Given the pro-network neutrality theme of F2C, it’s little surprise that no broadband providers were to be found at the conference. It’s also no surprise that the morning speakers all advocated the adoption of net neutrality regulations.
“It’s now time to stand up and fight,” Jeff Chester head of the Center for Digital Democracy said. Bruce Kushnik, head of Teletruth, said “we paid for open networks, not closed networks.”
Caspian Networks CEO Brad Wurtz warned the faithful that they will lose out if they stick to their fervently held beliefs. If network neutrality advocates seek to ban the creation of premium Internet tiers of service, “that’s a battle that we’re not going to win,” he said. “We need to drive a flexible bandwidth-based Internet model that guarantees privacy without discrimination.”
Cynthia Brumfield at 1:28 PM|Comments(0)
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