I hope by now that my consistent stance on network neutrality is clear. As I wrote in June 2008, circumventing network neutrality might involve the performance degradation or a complete blockage of services, protocols, or ports. Although I understand the technical reasons that these heavy-handed measures might be attractive to network administrators, I remain concerned about the societal impacts of access limits on diverse information that these moves imply, as well as their negative impact on the free-market development of new and improved Internet services.
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