They want to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs. They want to do to the Internet what they did to Amtrak and the Post office.
--- On Fri, 4/9/10, Pete Theisen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Pete Theisen <[email protected]> > Subject: [NF] Net Neutrality anti-consumer? > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, April 9, 2010, 9:37 PM > Hi Everybody, > > http://article.nationalreview.com/430704/net-neutrality-is-anti-consumer/the-editors > > (excerpt) > > It would be a huge mistake to impose by fiat a single > business model on > the carrier side of the Internet. Yet that is precisely > what the > proponents of net neutrality want the government to do. > Specifically, > they want the government to prohibit broadband providers > (such as > Comcast) from discriminating against content providers > (such as Google) > by, for instance, charging them different rates for > different levels of > network service. They argue that, in the absence of such > regulation, > broadband providers can act as self-appointed censors, > slowing down or > blocking content they don’t like. Keep in mind that in no > instance has > this actually happened. So far, broadband providers have > acted only to > slow down noisome bandwidth hogs in order to manage traffic > and ensure a > high quality of service for the majority of their > customers. > Net-neutrality proponents counter that other customers — > those unhappy > about the slowdowns — lack meaningful options; that is, > that the market > for broadband service is not sufficiently competitive. > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
