Posts Tagged ‘netneutrality’
Note to Bittorrent Inc: Make up your mind already!
Written by admin on June 26, 2008 – 3:05 pm -Net neutrality has divided the P2P landscape in recent months. There are companies like Pando that align themselves with ISPs, favoring technical solutions over regulation.
There are others like Vuze and Miro that fight for net neutrality. And then there is Bittorrent Inc, flip-flopping in a way that makes (insert your least favorite politician here) look like a straight talker.
Bittorrent president Ashwin Navin repeatedly told the press that his comany doesn’t see any reason for the government to interfere with ISP’s business decisions on the height of the Comcast Bittorrent scandal last year. Here’s what Navin told me during an interview last December:
“Where competitive forces are alive and well, and I believe they are here in the United States, I believe the ISPs will upgrade their networks to accommodate this usage pattern” Read more »
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