{"id":182242,"date":"2010-01-15T00:32:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T05:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/?p=91672"},"modified":"2010-01-15T00:32:48","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T05:32:48","slug":"skype-to-fcc-keep-the-internet-open-neutral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/182242","title":{"rendered":"Skype to FCC: Keep the Internet Open & Neutral"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Skype<\/a>, a big proponent of open networks and net neutrality, in a filing today with the Federal Communications Commission argued that net neutrality was “about growing the broadband ecosystem and preserving a borderless, open Internet” and said it would “promote investment, jobs and innovation.”<\/p>\n

The company said that it “welcomes the Commission\u2019s focus on preserving an open Internet and strongly supports the proposed six principles described in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM.)” Earlier, the FCC had come up<\/a> with a framework pertaining to broadband and wireless networks and issues of network neutrality. The FCC has been seeking responses<\/a> on sensitive\u00a0and divisive issues such as reasonable network management.<\/p>\n

Skype’s stance makes sense given that the company needs net neutrality to keep going and growing.\u00a0In its filing (embedded\u00a0at the end of the post), Skype argued:<\/p>\n

Evidence suggests that carriers have the incentive and ability to harm innovation in the real-time communications application market, such as that made possible by Skype, either by outright blocking or more subtle forms of discrimination. Because these applications offer consumers additional choice and savings, they should not be delayed, obstructed or throttled by broadband access providers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The filing didn’t say anything surprising. We all know that services such as Skype, YouTube and Twitter are the reasons people subscribe to broadband connections, and in order to keep the demand for faster (and more expensive) broadband connections, the technology industry needs to keep creating such applications.<\/p>\n