David Rosen

The Next Telecom War

"Net neutrality is a distraction," argues Bruce Kushnick, of Teletruth, a broadband customer advocacy group. "As long as the telco and cable companies control the infrastructure and are allowed to vertically integrate all products (i.e., offer local and long distance, connection to the Internet, broadband and even wireless), they can control any activity or any competition over the networks, including all video. The only next step is to have common carriage returned: While the underlying infrastructure may be controlled by the incumbent, all applications and services should be allowed by all parties."