On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 09:15 -0500, ryan wrote:
Does anyone have any links on what Verizon/SBC's plan for a two-tier Internet will do to Open Source projects that need to move around large files?
Well it would probably effect the the Telcom's common carrier status because they are no-longer just "moving bits" ... this would possibly make them legally liable for traffic going across their networks such as P2P.
There are some bills being talked about to force neutrality on the carrier's part and also a some that the carriers are trying to get introduced that would allow them to do that and not loose their common carrier status.
Over-all bad for for the Internet and for OS because of it if the telcoms are allowed to do that. I doubt that it will happen, but I'm not sure enough people know or care to keep it from happening if enough money is thrown around by the telcoms.
Paul