Last week, revealed the Wall Street Journal that powerful actors have gathered behind closed doors to discuss proposed new rules in broadband as Google and telecom carrier Verizon have agreed and which in practice is to require exceptions to the principle of net neutrality .
ITI has 44 members, of which "all" that matters: Apple, IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, HP, Dell, Oracle and so on. One exception is Google.
ITI has not limited the discussion of new rules is limited to group members. With a view to arrive at the most powerful consensus, is also Verizon and AT & T as representatives of telecom operators, a group of ITI will serve to make common front with. For the sake of - or because it is always better to test the formulations on the opponent directly - is also on Skype calls. Skype has marked as ready supporter of net neutrality.
The basis for the coordination of positions in Google and Verizon on one side, and the ITI on the other, has already been added.
15. July this year published ITI their comments to the U.S. NPT FCC proposed new way to regulate broadband, including net neutrality imposed. ITI does not mention the politically inflammatory word net neutrality. Both in response to FCC (pdf, 9 pages) and a point wise summary, it is clear that they want the least possible interference from the FCC and the greatest possible access for industry to settle on their own.
One of the requirements, for example, "greater openness and support in the rules for network management and 'managed services'." It requires a minimum of practical sense for combining this with another point, "greater transparency and preventing broadband providers from discrimination against others' content." Mon will not discriminate against others' content as long as everybody gets the same opportunity to pay tolls to go up faster?
Spokespersons for the ITI told the Wall Street Journal, BBC and others that the talks are part of an ongoing effort to find solutions with wide acceptance in both the public and private sectors.
FCC confirms that they are not involved in the talks.
In fact, nobody from the public sector with the talks.
Emphasis is therefore up to a frontal attack from a united American IT and telecommunications industry to the FCC and net neutrality.
On the basis of an election campaign where candidates get more sympathy, the more freedom they give the business sector, the net neutrality continued to suffer losses when Congress will decide between the FCC and ITI in what kind of rules one should have in both fixed and mobile broadband.
