Pull the romance out of the net neutrality debate: Report

MONTREAL – With a CRTC decision on Bell Canada’s network management practices due out soon, and a new public proceeding on new media under way at the Commission, Montreal telecom and technology consultancy Seaboard Group wants the romance and rhetoric to cool. In a new paper dubbed, “It’s Just a Tool. Reason, Not Romance: A Better Internet in the Balance”, Seaboard Group says net neutrality advocates (who believe all data should be treated equally, no matter what) “romanticize the Internet, bringing in emotional and even sensationalist rhetoric to their portrayal of its history and future. Treating the Internet as some...