OT: "network neutrality" and the internet

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Jay R. Ashworth (Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:34:10 -0400):
[...]
> > But doesn't "common carrier" status mean you have to follow some
> > additional, "special" rules?
>
> It would, but Internet backbone carrier are not, in general, Common
> Carriers as that term of art is used in the telecom business.

I thought that they had common carrier status, which protects them
from suits over things like carrying "illegal" things like kiddie
porn and harassment?

> > How would your regular phone service deal with different priorities
> > if AT&T could give their traffic higher priority than MCI's calls?
>
> Funny you should mention that:
>
>
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2003-08-04-mci-probes-self_x.htm

:-)

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