A little history …

I often hear the likes of Google calling for “net neutrality” and ‘flatrate pricing’, yet their business models of true spot-pricing for web advertising really makes me think they are being just a little hypocritical. So how can IP carriers support “net neutrality” and preserve market-pricing at the same time?

Well, the following is a small excerpt, originally written for TotalTelecom, that attempts to address some industry confusion around the interpretation and implementation of “Net Neutrality”. In effect this post summarises material from an earlier article I wrote, which was published in the IEC Annual Review of Broadband Communications Vol 3, (Communications Vol. 60), on NGN’s, technology choices and their subsequent business model impacts. That article, “Which Takes Precedence: Your New NGN or Your Current Business Model“, examined just one of the many key business implications that results as carrier networks migrate away from the multiple overlay networks of yesteryear towards the single, fully integrated all-IP network of tomorrow.

Excerpt :