{"id":11527,"date":"2017-08-25T10:20:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T14:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=11527"},"modified":"2017-08-25T10:34:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T14:34:22","slug":"reductio-ad-absurdum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=11527","title":{"rendered":"Reductio ad absurdum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reductio ad absurdum [NOUN]: <em>a method of proving the falsity of a premise by showing that its logical consequence is absurd or contradictory<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Consider this tweet for a moment:<\/p>\n<div align=center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another example of wireless carriers ignoring the toothless <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CRTC?src=hash\">#CRTC<\/a> Net Neutrality decision. KnowRoaming offers unmetered Whatsapp. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kfR0s7UuS6\">pic.twitter.com\/kfR0s7UuS6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Mezei (@jfmezei) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jfmezei\/status\/900762386508001280\">August 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The &#8220;toothless #CRTC Net Neutrality decision&#8221; to which this refers is <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2pIADYi\" target=\"_blank\">Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2017-104<\/a>: <em>Framework for assessing the differential pricing practices of Internet service providers<\/em>, issued this past April. <\/p>\n<p>One might challenge so many different parts of this tweet. For example, is the <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2gaUz3b\" target=\"_blank\">Know Roaming<\/a> service even captured by the decision? While Know Roaming sells its service to Canadians, the service is for use when travelling outside the country.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, the tweet demonstrates the absurdity of a prohibition on zero rating. How is the public interest possibly served? What benefit can there be in denying consumers access to free WhatsApp when they travel? Where is the market power of a small niche provider like Know Roaming? Why would so-called &#8220;consumer advocates&#8221; continue to argue that a regulator should take away benefits from consumers who choose to shop around for alternative services?<\/p>\n<p>Roslyn Layton recently released <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2g5HsAf\" target=\"_blank\">a paper<\/a> summarizing her doctoral research project at the <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2gaX6tS\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Communication, Media, and Information Technologies at Aalborg University<\/a> in Copenhagen, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2g5HsAf\" target=\"_blank\">Does Net Neutrality Spur Internet Innovation?<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Spoiler alert: no, it doesn&#8217;t. <\/p>\n<p>As new leadership comes to the CRTC, will the Commission add the net neutrality framework to the growing list of decisions it needs to review?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reductio ad absurdum [NOUN]: a method of proving the falsity of a premise by showing that its logical consequence is absurd or contradictory. Consider this tweet for a moment: Another example of wireless carriers ignoring the toothless #CRTC Net Neutrality decision. KnowRoaming offers unmetered Whatsapp. pic.twitter.com\/kfR0s7UuS6 &mdash; Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Mezei (@jfmezei) August 24, 2017 The &#8220;toothless &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=11527\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reductio ad absurdum<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reductio ad absurdum &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Reductio ad absurdum : a method of proving the falsity of a premise by showing that its logical consequence is absurd or contradictory. 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