> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-biz- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henry J. Cobb > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 4:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Netroots Net Neutrality "Lobbying" (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] > Iptables rule help) > > I have a little more faith in the American Consumer. > > After just a few days dealing with a locked down Disney-only Net, the > customer will decide that it's a Mickey Mouse operation and go elsewhere. > > After enough dumb rich people have become dumb poor people while trying to > foist such silliness, the invisible hand of the market will slap them > silly. > > Unless of course it all gets writen into law so that new entrants into the > market are scared off by the regulation costs. > > -- > Henry J. Cobb > http://www.io.com/~hcobb/
This only works if consumers have choice. Many areas in the US have little choice between carriers for broadband, and those that do, it won't help if all the carriers are blocking. A friend was recently telling me about a meeting he had with a large number of clec and ilec customers, and the main thing they were interested in was detecting sip and voip traffic including on alternate ports so that they can block or degrade this traffic on their networks. The theories of open markets only work when there is sufficient regulation in place to make sure that there is truly a level playing field in the market place and in places where there is no up side for the provider, to enforce or entice them to do the right thing. I am big on free market philosophy, but when there are people at the top making the decisions that are not good for the end customer; regulation must come in to protect it. Mike _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
