The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has warned internet service providers (ISPs) that plans for a “two-speed” internet go against the principles that have let the net grow so rapidly in the past two decades.”Best practices should also include the neutrality of the net,” Berners-Lee told a round table in Westminster on Wednesday morning, convened by the communications minister Ed Vaizey. Content companies, represented by Facebook, Skype, the BBC and Yahoo, squared up to ISPs, with input from consumer representatives including the Open Rights Group, the Consumers’ Association and the communications regulator Ofcom.To read this report in The Guardian in full, see:
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/16/tim-berners-lee-net-neutrality
Berners-Lee warns ISPs on net neutrality
The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has warned ISPs that plans for a “two-speed” internet go against the principles that have let the net grow so rapidly in the past two decades.