news.cnet.com — Genachowski has been mentioned as a likely candidate for the Federal Communications Commission post, in part because he participated in the Obama campaign's Internet efforts and previously worked as chief counsel to Democratic FCC chairman Reed Hundt.
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vexingmodstwoMar 4, 2009
floss? Where did I say the United States is my enemy?I said I have a hard time believing the Government is the answer. The internet (specifically, the backbone) is already private.When the government gets involved, the prices will go up and competition (what little there is right now) will go away.
c0ntraradicalMar 4, 2009
You really want to tie content to infrastructure owners? "Cox- Now with Google.cox!" or "Comcast - Exclusive Home of Digg.comcast!"If you allow infrastructure owners to dictate that only their paying subscribers get to connect to their networks and content, small networks won't be able to compete, will fail, and will be bought. Networks will consolidate and in the end you'll have an oligopoly of regional providers setting prices and limiting content.It will be impossible for new entrants to invest in competing levels of infrastructure and the internet will stagnate.What you are advocating is anti-competitive and anti-free market. Do you think the Federal Government should get rid of it's anti-trust regulation as well?
flammablewaterMar 5, 2009
you WANT president Biden?
watfegMar 5, 2009
LOL YOU FAIL
7m7ufMar 5, 2009
@kaelyiesta - Wha?
emmeronMar 6, 2009
There has been no such thing as a free market. There is no competition: towns can choose to switch providers, but voters have no say. That's not competition. I cannot choose to use a different cable provider unless I move to a town with a different cable provider. That's not competition. That's government sanctioned monopolies. Oh, sure, "but what of the logistics of running separate cables?" etc... Delivery systems, if you ask me, could be dealt with in another context... The point is, "better" doesn't make it good. Making more laws and regulations is crazy when they could just free it up (honest freeing it up -- this "free market is the cause of all evil" is the worst myth I've read and I keep seeing it -- seriously, no one seems to want to admit we've never had one).