Short clip: Qwest says net neutrality: a two-sided issue

October 21, 2008, 12:25pm PDT | Length: 00:01:20
Pieter Poll, CTO of Qwest believes that applications should only be controlled or blocked if there are legal implications. However, he says Qwest should be allowed to customize their service and provide what he calls a "two-sided business agreement" for the best user experience possible.

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Short clip: Qwest says net neutrality: a two-sided issue

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Speaker: Tell us where Quest falls in the net neutrality debate.

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Speaker: So the net neutrality is a very broad topic. And first and foremost, I would start off by saying that Quest has a long history in the Internet, and we fundamentally believe that applications should not be controlled or blocked in any case unless there's a question of legality. So if required by court order, or required for illegal materials to take action, we will, as would any other responsible provider in the Internet. If we extend the debate a little further, though, the key point about net neutrality that we feel is the right for a carrier to have a two-sided business agreement. So the analogy is very much that if you're doing your Christmas shopping -- and pretty soon, here, we'll be in the Christmas period -- and you're calling several people for that sweater, if one of the people that you're talking to is going to offer free, overnight shipping, and they're gonna throw that in the price, you might go with that provider because of the increased level of service. And so, for the same reason that we fill, as a company, that we should have the ability to provide what we call that "two-sided business agreement" to provide a better experience for our customers and, in this case, their customers as well.

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