Bush official goes nuclear in Net Neut row<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nBy Gavin Clarke in San Francisco
Published Friday 22nd June 2007 01:00 GMT<\/p>\n
Supernova 2007 A San Francisco tech show degenerated into a shouting match today, after a pugnacious Bush commerce official squared off with heated supporters of net neutrality.<\/p>\n
John Kneuer, the assistant secretary for communications and information, quickly lost his temper and began shouting back at Supernova 2007 attendees after taking flack for saying the free market – not government intervention – would protect internet innovation and access.<\/p>\n
Taking a brief time out from shouting his responses at delegates who’d rejected his claims the free market has ensured consumer choice in US broadband internet access, Kneuer remarked in an aside: “I started out very politely.”<\/p>\n
That came seconds after he told delegates what they really wanted was for the government to mandate terms and conditions of internet service in the US.<\/p>\n
“That’s absolutely what you are asking for!” he shouted to counter-shots of “no!” and “there is no market place!”, referring to the fact a handful of phone and cable companies control the lion share of broadband internet access and service in the US.<\/p>\n
Increasingly, it seems, those companies will be allowed by the Government to charge for different levels of internet service – ending net neutrality.<\/p>\n
Kneuer, who previously served with a Washington DC law firm representing telecoms companies, had fueled the crowd’s anger during a short Supernova presentation.<\/p>\n
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