On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Ernie Rubi <ernesto@cs.fiu.edu> wrote: [snip]
shareholders and dividends to pay out) engage in competition and cannot be 'neutral' in at least one definition of the word. There is nothing wrong with a non-neutral facility, being a non-neutral operator of a facility, or locating at a non-neutral facility.
The thing I wouldn't like is saying something is neutral, and creating circumstances that will make it impossible for it to stay true.
What does neutral really mean anyways? Terremark has sold, is selling and
It is the same concept as network neutrality. An example of a non-neutral IP network is one where a competitor's website or service is blocked by the network operator. A facility is carrier neutral if it is operated by an independent organization. An example of a non-neutral exchange is one that only allows specific tenants to connect to other tenants; other tenants besides the chosen ones are forbidden from connecting to anyone besides a preferred tenant, or have to pay higher rates for each connection to another provider who is not a 'preferred' tenant. -- -JH