June 23, 2008

Renaissance Times: Information and Communications Policy brings Controversy

I'm working on an Op-Ed piece on network neutrality policy.
This is also the issue of Internet metering.
This is also Quality of Service versus Class of Service.

It's an economic issue.
It's a technical issue.
It's also ideological when it comes to
information and communications policy.

The answers in this policy swamp
aren't always clear
,
but that doesn't lessen
the vehemence of the arguments.

I write:

"Sensing impending regime change,
the market fundamentalists are turning into market jihadists."

This means that economic ideologues,
encountering the forces of real change,
are turning toward aggressive attack tactics
to overcome their opposition.

The times, they are changing.

These are renaissance times,
with clashing paradigms and perspectives.


Posted by Jay Gillette at 04:27 PM