Is Net Neutrality bill proposed by FCC really needed?
First, no one yet knows how to define the ‘last mile’ – the last stretch of wire that connects the user to the Web – on which caching content or preferential treatment of some bits over others would be forbidden. Second, nobody knows if the ban of preferential treatment of Internet traffic should be imposed only on cable and telecommunications companies or everybody, e.g., Akamai. Third, there is a great deal of hypocrisy with companies strongly supporting Net Neutrality already getting the preferential treatment. They do this by purchasing ultrahigh speed concections from their banks of servers to the “network access points.” Then, they also buy extra speed from companies like Akamai that cache content closer to the end user for a fee. Finally, Yahoo, Google and other supporters of the bill already make sure that the “sponsored” content is the first thing you see when you long on to their “neutral” networks. In the light of these issues, the Net Neutrality bill, even if implemented, w
