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On Point: Net Neutrality

Monty Solomon (monty@roscom.com)
Thu, 1 Jun 2006 23:25:48 -0400

Net Neutrality
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2006/06/20060601_a_main.asp

Aired: Thursday, June 01, 2006 10-11AM ET
By host Tom Ashbrook:

There's a battle royale raging over the future of the worldwide web
and the Internet right now, and it's all about money and the
egalitarian spirit of the web. From the beginning, and by design, the
web has been a come-one-come-all public square, where little bloggers
and pipsqueak web sites could go nose-to- nose with the big guys.

Now, the big corporations who bring the Internet to your home and
office want to charge big bucks for priority on the pipes that
deliver the online world. That would favor the kind of big companies
that already dominate radio, TV and cable. And maybe squeeze out the
little guy.

Critics are screaming bloody murder, and demanding "net neutrality."

Hear about money, democracy and the battle for the heart of the web.

Guests

Adam Cohen, member of the editorial board of the New York Times,
author of "The Perfect Store: Inside eBAY"

Scott Cleland, chairman of http://netcompetition.org

Michael Grebb, contributing editor for Wired News.

Lawrence Lessig, professor of law at Stanford University, founder of
school's Center for Internet and Society.

Alan Davidson, Washington Policy Counsel for Google.

Copyright 2006 Trustees of Boston University. All Rights Reserved

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