Network Regulation Quotes

In China, Vietnam, Russia and several former Soviet states, the dominant social networks are run by local companies whose relationship with the government actually constrains the empowering potential of social networks.

To uphold state security China like many other countries of the world has placed some restrictions on the Internet to protect the freedom of the majority of the people.

A liberated Internet will continue to be a reality in your life (and in the lives of your children) if rules like Net Neutrality are in place.

Network operators need reasonable leeway to manage their networks.

Governments clash with each other over who should control the co-ordination of the Internet's infrastructure and critical resources.

Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time.

The United States needs modern, flexible, light-touch network regulation, not a one-size-fits-all utility model from the 1930s.

Net Neutrality originally referred to management of the 'last mile' of the network over which data flows into a person's home, but the debate has grown beyond that in recent years.

Some ISPs are blocking all BitTorrent traffic, because BitTorrent can be used to share files in a piratical way. Hollywood lobbying groups are trying to pass laws which would force ISPs to block or degrade BitTorrent traffic, too. Personally, I think this is like closing down freeways because a bank robber could use them to get away.

The net is a very precious thing. I hate it when people discuss measures to limit it.

AT&T will not block access to the public Internet or degrade service, period.