[Ccwg-auctionproceeds] For your input - Open Internet definition

[Alan Greenberg]

Sounds like a good start, although the word 
"stack" probably does not make this definition understandable to all...

At 18/08/2017 02:47 PM, elliot noss wrote:
>this is from a friend, but it works for me here:
>
>
an Internet that is equally accessible to all 
>people for all purposes, and at every level of 
>the stack. At the lower end of the stack, that 
>means no impediments are placed based on the 
>sender, recipient, content, application or type of  data being transmitted.
>
>At the upper reaches of the stack, that means 
>not only that governmental policies do not 
>restrict access based on political views, but 
>that the government helps to ensure equality of 
>access at a pragmatic level by assuring access 
>at prices affordable to all members of society, 
>provides training in how to use the Internet and 
>education in how to use it effectively, and 
>encourages participation by classes of people who feel excluded or unwelcome.
>
>At the highest level of the stack, an open 
>Internet is one in which all people are 
>empowered to contribute and to participate in 
>building a worldwide culture that opens our 
>hearts and minds by respecting differences. It 
>is an Internet that we, the people of the world, 
>recognize as ours  ­ something we have built together for one another.
>
>EN
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