Broadband Developments

If you love a political, technical, and sometimes religious debate head over to Om Malik’s post on metered broadband. Read the post and then jump into the comments. Good stuff.

I love Om when he gets back on his broadband horse. His post and comments are worth bookmarking and taking your time to read and revisit.

Highlights:

In an effort to burnish his public image, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has taken up a populist and politically lucrative crusade against the evil cable company Comcast and its nefarious efforts to block certain kinds of traffic.

The reality is that all this talk is nothing but hot air, a diversionary tactic that taking the attention away from a bigger, more evil problem that’s emerging for the U.S. Internet: metered broadband.

If Martin wants us to believe in him as one of the people, the 21st century Robin Hood who is looking out for the U.S. Internet consumer, then he should start by putting an end to this metered broadband nonsense right now.

Enjoy the post. This is certainly a great conversation to hear from the experts.