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To: Tublecane
What is the point of Net Neutrality?

ISPs are talking about charging web sites (more) money in order for their sites to be "fast" to the customer (that's you).

Net Neutrality is pending legislation (I think), or at least the concept, to ensure that ISPs cannot block, or slow down packets from other ISPs, or web sites that have not paid them payola to keep the sites fast.

Net Neutrality will ensure that Comcast will continue to allow dishnetwork.com to be responsive to customers who may be shopping for an alternative to cable TV, for instance.

16 posted on 10/19/2009 9:32:45 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

Basically, the situation ISPs would like to create is equivalent to Ford buying a monopoly right-of-way with a few strategically-placed campaign contributions and then imposing higher tolls and lower speed limits on non-Ford vehicles.


19 posted on 10/19/2009 9:49:55 AM PDT by steve-b (Intelligent Design -- "A Wizard Did It")
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