[1st-mile-nm] "Principles for an Open Broadband Future"

[Richard Lowenberg]

'Openness' is an over-riding principle of this 1st-Mile Initiative.
The following is extracted from the Executive Summary of the July 2005
White Paper from Public Knowledge, "Principles for an Open Broadband
Future".
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www.publicknowledge.org/content/papers/open-broadband-future


The U.S. needs to enact a clear set of principles for broadband services
to ensure that these networks are widely deployed, open, affordable and
accessible to all consumers.  Without such principles, there is great
danger that any future legislation on these issues will become a grab bag
of special interest provisions. Therefore, the following principles should
be the starting point for any telecommunications legislation ...

Broadband networks must be:

1)	open to competition from any entity, including municipalities;

2)	open to the attachment of any equipment the user chooses, as long
as it does not harm the technical operation of the broadband network;

3)	open and accessible to consumers, application developers, and
information service providers and to other networks, without restrictions
or degradation, except for law enforcement or for network management
purposes;

4)	open, available and affordable to all consumers, regardless of
income, race, geographic location, or disability; and

5)	open to the maximally efficient number of licensed and unlicensed
wireless providers.


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Richard Lowenberg
P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-989-9110,  505-603-5200 cell

1st-Mile Institute
New Mexico Broadband Initiative
www.1st-mile.com
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