On 11/08/2013, Joly MacFie <
joly@punkcast.com> wrote:
> I note that story is from 2009. Quite a lot of water has passed under the
> bridge since then. In the USA the FCC eventually derived its Open Internet
> Order
http://www.fcc.gov/guides/open-internet with its three pillars,
> transparency, no blocking, and no unreasonable discrimination.
>
> The "unlimited" issue was addressed earlier by a different department the
> FTC who delivered a smackdown to ISP provider Sprint that the rest of the
> industry took to heart,
>
http://www.ftc.gov/os/closings/staff/070808sprintnextelclosingltr.pdf
>
> As far as data caps go, many ISPs welcome them as it gives them an
> opportunity to institute tiered pricing. Evidence shows that many people
> pay more than they have to, just in case they need it. This is considered
> gouging in some quarters to the point where there is sustained opposition
> see
http://stopthecap.com/
>
> In the case of the Australian NBN, often touted as an exemplar, caps were
> in from the word go due to the, like Kenya, high costs of external transit.
> . Take a look at the pricing plan of on major Aussie ISP iinet..
>
http://www.iinet.net.au/internet/broadband/nbn/plans/ These are
> complimented by an extensive local "freezone" of cap-free hosts, many of
> them from major content providers,
>
http://www.iinet.net.au/fibre/freezone.html
>
> In the USA the original spokesmen for Net Neutrality - namely Tim Wu, who
> coined the term, and Susan Crawford - have both moved on to be more
> concerned with antitrust issues, as, for example, the power of ISPs to
> selectively provide cap exemptions becomes effectively an end run around
> neutrality.
>
> j
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Davis Onsakia <
mautidavis@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> How 'neutral' is Kenya's mobile service providers networks for accessing
>> the Net? There has been cases where some providers have discontinued
>> 'Unlimited Internet' access offers due to the 'violation' of the terms
>> under which these offers were made in the first place. Does CCK have any
>> policies in regard to net neutrality for ISPs and MSPs alike in Kenya?
>>
>> Some background information about network neutrality, you can read this
>> piece by the Economist:
>>
http://www.economist.com/node/14517422?story_id=14517422
>>