Seattle's Fiber Vision

Interesting editorial from the Seattle Times. Apparently Seattle has been evaluating fiber-to-the-premise solutions in the form of a public-private partnership since, at least, 2004. This writer raises the issue of net neutrality. This concept strikes me as particularly pertinent to the Design Nine recommendations. In effect, the network he proposes would be "metered". That is, a large content provider like a telephone or cable company providing services over the network would be charged more - based on their 'throughput' - than you, me, and other everyday users. This flies in the face of the 'free-for-all' equal access principles upon which many argue the Internet was founded.