Why Net Neutrality is a Bogus Issue

Telecommunications expert and NETCompetition.org Chairman Scott Cleland to speak on Net Neutrality panel today at the VON 2006 conference.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 13, 2006 -- Scott Cleland, Chairman of NETCompetition.org (www.NETCompetition.org), will speak on the VON 2006 conference’s Net Neutrality panel (www.von.com/schedule_fhs21147464109.html#fhs21147464109) today at 11am EST. In his presentation, titled “Why Net Neutrality is a Bogus Issue,” Cleland will strongly challenge the underlying validity of the net neutrality issue.

Cleland says: “There is no real problem here, only hypothetical and unsubstantiated allegations. Moreover, none of the core assertions underlying the net neutrality concept are true. The net is not neutral today. There is no market failure. Net neutrality is not status quo. And net neutrality is not gaining momentum.” Cleland plans to “pull back the curtain to expose the real special interests that are pulling the strings of this bogus issue behind the scenes.”

Net Neutrality panel speakers include:

Jonathan Banks, Vice President - Executive & Regulatory Affairs, BellSouth

Scott Cleland, Founder & President, Precursor; Chairman, NETCompetition.org

Susan Crawford, Associate Professor, Cardozo Law School

Christopher Libertelli, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs - N.A, Skype

Aram Shumavon, Advisor to Commissioner Geoffrey F. Brown, California Public Utilities (M)

For more information on VON 2006 and the Net Neutrality panel, visit: http://www.von.com/schedule_fhs21147464109.html#fhs21147464109

About Scott Cleland, Chairman, NETCompetition.org

Scott Cleland is one of nation's foremost techcom analysts and experts at the nexus of capital markets, public policy and techcom industry change. He is widely respected in industry, government, media and capital markets as a forward thinker, free market proponent, and leading authority on the future of communications. For more information, visit: http://netcompetition.org/docs/about/#chairman

About NETCompetition.org

NETCompetition.org is an e-forum created to promote a rigorous debate on the merits of net neutrality legislation and regulation. NETCompetition.org is funded by a wide range of broadband telecom, cable, and wireless companies who believe the best way to guard a free and independent Internet is free and open competition, not more government control of the Internet. To learn more about NETCompetition.org and network neutrality, visit: www.netcompetition.org

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