On January 11th, I attended the Denver Telecom Professionals Putting Network Neutrality In Perspective conference. The highlight was the keynote presentation from Dick Notebaert, CEO of Qwest Communications. Regardless of what side of the argument one is on, Dick’s passion and clear articulation of the issues might have been enough to sway people to his side.
Dick’s three main arguments against net neutrality were:
• There is no problem from which to derive a solution around Network Neutrality
• Telcos must be given a chance to make a return on their capital investment
• Telcos are not in the business of making service worse, they are in the business of improving it
The most interesting part of his presentation was what the concept of neutrality might mean in terms of automobiles, iPods and football. While these were a bit of stretch, his exaggeration served its purpose of making the point that differentiation is crucial in order to be successful.
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