Alice in Blogosphere
Sir First Blogger:
I could see above the crowd.
I invented all around,
Wove a monster in my lab.
Will you, won’t you join the Web?
Will you, won’t you join the Web?
Hey, child, what’s your name?
I invented all around,
Wove a monster in my lab.
Will you, won’t you join the Web?
Will you, won’t you join the Web?
Hey, child, what’s your name?
Alice:
My name is Alice. I feel lost here and I really must be getting home. Could you please help me, Sir?
Sir First Blogger:
Only if you tell me that you support Net Neutrality!
Alice:
Net Neutrality? I don’t understand.
Sir First Blogger:
Net Neutrality!
If you pay to connect to the net
With a given quality of service,
And I pay to connect to the net
With the same or higher quality of service,
Then you and I can communicate across the net,
With that quality of service.
Alice:
I’ve heard something like it, but I am not sure if I can repeat it correctly. Does it really mean something?
Sir First Blogger:
It means a lot! It means that everybody should be treated equally, no matter what services they provide.
Alice:
Ah! You mean all servants should be treated as ladies and lords. That I understand! No peerage! Net Neutrality!
Sir First Blogger:
No! Not at all! I mean all the servants should be equal and nothing else!
Alice:
But Sir, they are equal! Aren’t they?
Sir First Blogger:
They have been equal until now, but it might be changed and we must prevent it.
Alice:
And what if we don’t?
Sir First Blogger:
Imagine you want to put some of your photographs on the net, but you can’t, because the voice service has taken all the bandwidth and nothing is left for the photo service.
Alice:
Sir, I dare say, it was not very civil of you to remind me of those photographs!
Sir First Blogger:
Hmm… Let me put it this way. You want to read your favorite book on-line, but you can’t because someone has decided that downloading the photographs of, let me say, some other girls, has the priority. What would you say?
Alice:
Then I do support that Neutrality very much! Tell me, Sir, what shall we do?
Sir First Blogger:
All the ISP’s must comply fully with Net Neutrality. It is that simple!
Alice:
ISP’s? What do they live on?
Sir First Blogger:
All they used to have was selling connectivity to the net. Now some of them tried eating service providers and, as you know, appetite comes with eating.
Alice:
Sir, I can assure you that if I meet those ISP’s, I shall ask them for Neutrality. I doubt they will like it though… So now, can you help me get out of this place?
Sir First Blogger:
That is simple! If you get into a wrong place, don’t just hit the back button once; hit it twice.
Alice:
Thank you Sir! Good bye! Good bye!
July 26th, 2007 at 3:14 am
This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title Alice in Blogosphere. Thanks for informative article