http://joaobordalo.com/articles/2005/11/09/network-neutrality-ii en-us 40 Simplicity, Usability, Productivity, Code, Design, Business and more The <a href="http://alinobairro.blogspot.com/2005/11/network-neutrality.html">discussion</a> continues, and it reached the <a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/Hearings/11092005hearing1706/hearing.htm">Committee on Energy and Commerce</a> in the US. I'm really interested in this issue, since I work in an ISP, being a free Internet advocate, so you can imagine the duality I'm feeling these days. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.shaw.ca/">Shaw Cable</a>, a Canadian company, is limiting P2P bandwidth using technology from <a href="http://www.ellacoya.com">Ellacoya</a>, so we can now say it already started. The technology is out there, and telcos are ready to start using it in large scale. This is a very important question, that goes from freedom to innovation, trough economics and technology.<br /><br />I understand the economics of launching a broadband network, but I also understand (and agree) with <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/vint-cerf-speaks-out-on-net-neutrality.html">Vint Cerf words</a>. I'm waiting, and listening to the <a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/ram/2123.ram">live hearing webcast</a>.<br /><br /><b>Update</b>: this issue has been <a href="http://digg.com/technology/Feds_May_Let_Big_Telecom_Hijack_The_Internet">digged</a> Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:45:00 -0500 urn:uuid:e6220ee4-ebf0-47a5-9858-2018847a132d bordalix http://joaobordalo.com/articles/2005/11/09/network-neutrality-ii neutrality