F.C.C. chairman Julius Genachowski gave an interesting speech at the Brookings Institution this morning. In his speech, Mr. Genachowski proposed to extend "Net neutrality" principles to wireless network carriers. "Net neutrality" refers to the principle of treating all network traffic the same, prohibiting providers from favoring certain forms of traffic over others. "Net neutrality" already applies to home broadband providers. Non-neutrality has been an issue for file-sharing applications on some provider's networks.
With today's proposal, Mr. Genachowski would extend neutrality principles to wireless network providers, such as AT&T. The industry response has been predictably lukewarm. The New York Times and Ars Technica have articles on the speech.
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