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Net neutrality: Can we find common ground?

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Net neutrality: Can we find common ground?

Joanie Wexler By Joanie Wexler
I was chatting with the GSM Association's CTO, Dan Warren, last week when the delicate subject of net neutrality came up. This is an issue that began in the wireline Internet business and has most recently reared its head in U.S. broadband economic stimulus discussions. Is it possible for the industry not to see the issue as a black-and-white one, but one that requires communications and compromise? Read full story

Joanie Wexler is an independent networking technology writer/editor in Silicon Valley.

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