Net Neutrality: Gigi vs. Goliath
The always outspoken Gigi Sohn, who heads watchdog group Public Knowledge, is taking on Internet billionaire Mark Cuban for not being "a friend on net neutrality." This is largely because "he believes that because bandwidth is so constrained in this country, tiers of Internet traffic are desirable," Sohn blogged on Monday.
While her organization agrees that the U.S. is far behind in broadband speed and value, "we think the answer to the problem lies in promoting competition, not in partitioning the scarce bandwidth already available."
Cuban has been an ally of PK's in the past but his net neutrality analysis, according to Sohn, "leaves out its most critical protection -- ensuring that Internet service providers (ISPs) do not use their market power to favor certain content, applications and services because of a financial or other interest they may have in them."
Sohn said she hopes to have a "robust debate" with the former "Dancing with the Stars" contestant when they both attend the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Read her full post here.
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