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A Power Grab Called 'Net Neutrality'
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| October 21, 2009
| INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY Staff
Posted on 10/21/2009 5:43:57 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: antiRepublicrat
And ISP is supposed to blindly flow ALL traffic. There is no such thing as "fairness" when you don't even know what the content is. Free Republic traffic gets the same priority as the PMSNBC not because that's mandated that our views be broadcast, but because the Internet doesn't care, it's neutral. And you think Big Government control is going to provide that?
Can you provide ANY historical context for such a conclusion?
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posted on
10/22/2009 1:52:35 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: mongrel
There has been a lot of disagreement on this site over net neutrality. The original idea is much as you say and, though a mixed bag, might be more good than bad.
BUT these days there is a lot of mistrust and deservedly so. Any kind of sweeping change proposed by this administration I'm going to be against by default.
Finally, today, we have the actual draft NPRM that is before the commission.
To: opentalk
Both sides are involved.Yes, but both sides do not agree. Going to Rulemaking means Public Hearings, and Public exposure, and most of all, Public Comment. Going to Rulemaking means the only chance for public exposure. Embrace it and grab a bullhorn.
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posted on
10/22/2009 7:13:18 PM PDT
by
thatdewd
(2010 is coming soon...and THEY know it! THEY are afraid.)
To: Balding_Eagle
And you think Big Government control is going to provide that? Not provide that, keep it that way.
To: antiRepublicrat
Not provide that, keep it that way. Big Government will just keep things the way they are?
Welcome to FR. In time you'll find that most of us know better.
There is NO historical precedence for such a thing.
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posted on
10/22/2009 8:20:19 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: Balding_Eagle
To: Balding_Eagle
Net neutrality is the early internet version of The Fairness Doctrine.From my perspective Net Neutrality is a solution where no problem exists. Bandwidth on the Internet has done nothing but increase for many years now. It is much like the power of computer chips increasing in power at an exponential rate.
Net Neutrality is the government getting involved in "fairness". Nothing but bad can come from it. Less bandwidth, less innovation, taxes!!!
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posted on
10/24/2009 8:14:27 PM PDT
by
RDasher
("El Nino is climate, La Nina is weather")
To: Soothesayer9
Try Astraweb if you are throttled. 180GB of downloads that never expire is just 25 bux.
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:03:21 AM PDT
by
Bobalu
(Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.)
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