On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Kenneth Burgener <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi fellow PLUG members, > > A friend and I were discussing Net Neutrality and wanted to research the > topic a bit more. The more I read about Net Neutrality the less I feel > I actually know what the issue is. > This http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality is an ok summary of what most people think net neutrality is, but it is biased toward proponents of net neutrality legislation or government oversight. The fact that defining net neutrality is so difficult is (in my mind) a very good reason that it shouldn't be legislated, or at least not yet. Most of the ideals of net neutrality are just fine with me. To me the big issue is, is it such a pressing need that government intervention will actually do more harm than good. I don't think Comcast should charge me for Internet service, then charge me more for access to Google. I don't like it that they want to block BitTorrent traffic. But I'm convinced that if congress or the FCC get involved we the consumers will end up paying more and getting less. I like to call the net neutrality crowd the interventionists. Some parts of net neutrality are pretty good. But since I don't want the government involved, I'm labelled as anti-net neutrality. I'm not, I just believe that the unintended consequences of gubment involvement will far outweigh any potential advantage. But people who think the government is the answer to everything seem to be running the show, so we'll probably get it. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
