Net Neutrality

One of the classes I taught last semester at NYU was E-Commerce Law and Regulation. A great coincidence is that my friend Tom Agoston from IBM was teaching Communications Technology and Law two doors down. So we combined the classes at times. The big topic was "net neutrality". This is going to be a very important topic the next few years that will probably not be on top of the political debate but I'm sure will be at the root of a lot of fund-raising for both parties. The big money will come from the telcos who want to roll out IPTV nationally to compete against the cable companies who have encroached on their traditional voice telephony service. I personally like that they are going to be going up against cable and am looking forward to upcoming revolution in digital television. However, the Internet is a national/world treasure and needs to be structured towards what it does best - provide a fantastic environment for economic markets and political democracy.