Father of the web opposes the trend of

Currently, many network service providers, especially in the US, have collected web access fees at different levels. But Tim Berners-Lee, director of international web standards organization (W3C), said that the Internet must always stand in a neutral position and avoid being split.

Tim Berners-Lee.( Photo: AP )

A two-tier system means that those who pay a certain amount of extra money to suppliers will have full access to some network services and take precedence over others.

Berners-Lee warned at the World Wide Web Conference (WWW2006), taking place from May 23 to May 26 in Edinburgh (Scotland), that if the United States continues to follow a two-tier Internet path, the network is fully connected. Demand will definitely enter a "dark phase".

" In my opinion, what's really important is that there is only one web space ," Berners-Lee said.

This British scientist has been developing the web since 1989 as an academic tool to support data sharing experts. After that, the Internet has spread and affected every aspect of life. However, the greater the growth, the more conflicting opinions are about which direction the network will develop.

The World Wide Web Alliance (W3C) always protects an open model. There, everyone has equal access and all data in the web world is impartial, impartial. This view is supported by companies like Microsoft and Google.

Meanwhile, US telecom carriers do not accept this. They want to deploy a two-tier system to enable organizations, companies . to pay for priority when exploiting information.

Berners-Lee is concerned if that happens, broadband providers will become "gatekeepers" for web content, but he is still optimistic that the two-tiered trend will be unlikely to happen.

TN