Hors de tout propos éculé et philosophie obscurantiste discount, les
mots de Vinton Cerf sont assez justes (voire avant-gardistes pour
2005) sur ce thème précis, et valent le coup d'être lus.
(contrairement a son ex-collègue Larry Roberts et ses routeurs flow-
based qui lavent plus blanc que blanc - ceci-dit on peut taxer les
deux d'utopie à lire ce thread)
"
Dear Chairman Barton and Ranking Member Dingell,
[bla bla bla corporate, il est désolé, il peut pas venir]
Despite my inability to participate in the planned hearing in person,
I hope that you will accept some brief observations about this
legislation.
The remarkable social impact and economic success of the Internet is
in many ways directly attributable to the architectural
characteristics that were part of its design. The Internet was
designed with no gatekeepers over new content or services. The
Internet is based on a layered, end-to-end model that allows people at
each level of the network to innovate free of any central control. By
placing intelligence at the edges rather than control in the middle of
the network, the Internet has created a platform for innovation. This
has led to an explosion of offerings – from VOIP to 802.11x wi-fi to
blogging – that might never have evolved had central control of the
network been required by design.
My fear is that, as written, this bill would do great damage to the
Internet as we know it. Enshrining a rule that broadly permits network
operators to discriminate in favor of certain kinds of services and to
potentially interfere with others would place broadband operators in
control of online activity. Allowing broadband providers to segment
their IP offerings and reserve huge amounts of bandwidth for their own
services will not give consumers the broadband Internet our country
and economy need. Many people will have little or no choice among
broadband operators for the foreseeable future, implying that such
operators will have the power to exercise a great deal of control over
any applications placed on the network.
As we move to a broadband environment and eliminate century-old non-
discrimination requirements, a lightweight but enforceable neutrality
rule is needed to ensure that the Internet continues to thrive.
Telephone companies cannot tell consumers who they can call; network
operators should not dictate what people can do online.
I am confident that we can build a broadband system that allows users
to decide what websites they want to see and what applications they
want to use – and that also guarantees high quality service and
network security. That network model has and can continue to provide
economic benefits to innovators and consumers -- and to the broadband
operators who will reap the rewards for providing access to such a
valued network.
We appreciate the efforts in your current draft to create at least a
starting point for net neutrality principles. Google looks forward to
working with you and your staff to draft a bill that will maintain the
revolutionary potential of the broadband Internet.
Thank you for your attention and for your efforts on these important
issues.
Sincerely,
Vinton Cerf
Chief Internet Evangelist
Google Inc.
"
Greg VILLAIN
Wanabee chief internet evangelist (y'a que moi que ça choque ce terme ?)
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