"Veronica B.: Look at it this way. Imagine Amazon started a larva farm too, and they could pay for faster internet speeds, get on an internet fast lane, and advertise to their customers in a way that Patrick or any startup bug business couldn’t. See the problem? Okay, the edible bug-growing business might not be a priority for Amazon at the moment, but did you think Amazon would ever buy a grocery chain until they bought wholefoods? 10 years ago, did you think Google would get into self-driving cars? Whatever the FCC chair or the ISPs say, net neutrality supporters will argue that it’s been baked into the web from the beginning.
Barbara van S. : In fact, that was the whole beauty of the internet that it was just providing an open platform and that the network didn’t need to know what people were doing online.Veronica B.: Barbara van Schewick wrote the book on the internet. It’s called Internet Architecture and Innovation.Dominic Girard : And she’s pretty clear at explaining why she isn’t buying what the ISPs are selling."
Listen to the podcast at https://irlpodcast.org/episode2/
- Date Published:7/10/2017
- Original Publication:IRL Podcast