consumeraffairs.com — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has turned thumbs down on net neutrality. In a report on broadband availability and connectivity, the FTC found little reason to protect consumers and content providers from attempts by large telecommunications providers to charge more for faster delivery.
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curunirJun 29, 2007
Ok, check it out. Here is the real issue. There won't be an "outcry" from consumers, because they won't really see what's happening. "Hmmm... Craigslist is kind of slow - I guess I'll look somewhere else". The search engine you use won't be the best one on the Internet, it will be the one your ISP has a deal with.And there will be all the sites you don't know about, and will never hear of, because they don't have a deal with *any* ISP (being small and with a tiny budget), so all those small voices will be effectively silenced. The only people left in the blogosphere will be the ones with big corporate funding - guess which stories you'll hear about from those guys.It's all about control. An open Internet gives the 'little guy" too much power - information must be controlled for the ruling class to stay in power.
ouchevellessJun 29, 2007
Here's the problem with this: you have other countries, much poorer than ours, who have internet much faster than ours. So, that's a point where their better. But overall, the country could be considered 'not as good' as ours.So you have people here saying, 'We need internet cheap and fast like _________'. But then you have some backwards-patriotic people (some with their hands in big business, no doubt) saying, 'BUT WE'RE AMERICA! WE GOTTA BE DIFFERENT AND BETTER!'Hello? The reason we ARE different AND better is because we took the best minds from all countries who were doing it better, whom made us better. We took the best technologies of all countries and integrated it, making us the best. This sort of net neutrality thing will cause China to surpass us, and soon other countries, and we'll go the way of the British Empire or Spain (not saying I support empires nor inquisition).
mastaphooJun 29, 2007
we're gonna need some really big tubes. and somewhere to hide them from the gov't too.
robotcitizenJun 30, 2007
Say goodbye to the independent news media.
mikethecJun 30, 2007
Ooh... You just said "laser". Hee hee hee...
mikethecJun 30, 2007
Got that right...
lordcarboJul 6, 2007
You don't have a choice? So why aren't the companies charging you $100 a month? Hmm?
mathcreativeMar 19, 2009
@geniusj We already know how good the current government manadated network neutrality. We just don't know how bad it will turn out, without this regulation.-Though you do make a good point both sides do have major lobbies.I for one say if it works don't mess with it.