The other day I was reading an article on how everyone should have access to the Web, Two Speeds for the Web – Le web à deux vitesses? L’actualité May 1st, 2007, p.85). It looks like there will be a two speed system for the web and the main reason for that: to be one step ahead.
As you can see, nowadays we have what we call network neutrality. It means that we’re all the same before the web, mainly because the access is universal. Big cable networks such as AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner would like to introduce a two speed Internet system : a fast system for those who can pay, and a slower one for the rest of the world. By that I mean that some networks such as Yahoo could be faster than Google. The same thing could also happen to blog sites. That would end up network neutrality.
For Fannie Wellings, responsible for Save the Internet, a coalition that defends Web users, it would be a significant change. Lets says, for example, that you would like to buy a plane ticket; if travelocity offers the same price as Orbitz but paid more to have the fastest connection, well you’ll probably go for travelocity. It would be a war for the last kilometer. On the other hand, telecommunications did put in place a coalition Hands Off the Internet to protect the users. In United State, the American Comission on Communication gave the green light for AT&T and Bell South to merge but with one condition, no two speed in the next two years.
As you can see, nowadays we have what we call network neutrality. It means that we’re all the same before the web, mainly because the access is universal. Big cable networks such as AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner would like to introduce a two speed Internet system : a fast system for those who can pay, and a slower one for the rest of the world. By that I mean that some networks such as Yahoo could be faster than Google. The same thing could also happen to blog sites. That would end up network neutrality.
For Fannie Wellings, responsible for Save the Internet, a coalition that defends Web users, it would be a significant change. Lets says, for example, that you would like to buy a plane ticket; if travelocity offers the same price as Orbitz but paid more to have the fastest connection, well you’ll probably go for travelocity. It would be a war for the last kilometer. On the other hand, telecommunications did put in place a coalition Hands Off the Internet to protect the users. In United State, the American Comission on Communication gave the green light for AT&T and Bell South to merge but with one condition, no two speed in the next two years.
JC
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