Broadband stimulus fuels net neutrality debate: Acme Packet

The availability of federal dollars for broadband Internet proliferation in the United States is fueling talk about so-called “net neutrality,” officials with a Burlington, Mass.-based provider of session border control solutions told TMCnet in an interview.

According to Kevin Mitchell, director of wireless solutions marketing at Acme Packet, Inc., the federally funded broadband stimulus projects have stimulated debate surrounding one divisive part of net neutrality – itself loaded issue – and that's the question of how to handle data-heavy applications that potentially could affect the quality of the network...