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... "regulate everything so it's good for the consumer"--as if that were somehow a bad thing.

It IS a bad thing when they make regs on the PRETENSE of it being "good for the consumer" when it in fact makes the product more difficult to deliver and innovate, thus more expensive.

We have a pretty good system of content neutrality already, try to block something that a customer wants and you'll get a lawsuit.

This is a case of "It works fine, keep the gov't mitts off it!".
Sure it can be improved but that's already happening.
It's called market demand. ISP's are all happy to provide the service if they can get paid for it without the gubmit telling them what to do and how to do it.

————We have a pretty good system of content neutrality already, try to block something that a customer wants and you’ll get a lawsuit.-—————

I think Genachowski(sp?) made it clear he doesn’t think that lawsuits are enough. I’ll have to take a look around and see where I saw that earlier.

I agree with you. Lawsuits are enough.

It keeps the telcos in check, and keeps government off our backs at the same time.

I don’t trust any of these groups. Government, telcos, and even lawyers. But at least this way all the power is separated. And with that view, I know my liberty is safe.

This is a case of "It works fine, keep the gov't mitts off it!"/

Sure it can be improved but that's already happening. It's called market demand. ISP's are all happy to provide the service if they can get paid for it without the gubmit telling them what to do and how to do it.

That is where you are wrong. It's the ISPs who want to slow down communications between their customers and the content providers. It's the ISPs who are truing to extort content providers so that the content provider's info is not shunted off to the Siberian path to the end user. It's the ISPs who are looking to lock out services like netflix and hulu so they can sell a crappier home grown version.

You are on the right track, saying that the system today works just fine. But it's the ISPs who are eagerly pushing through legislation to allow them to RUIN the internet as we know it, to fleece their customers to unimaginable levels. Yet most folks here fighting for the telcos have no clue that this is the desired outcome of the telcos/ISPs. People are actively fighting for the telco's right to ruin their internet experience. It's mind bogglingly absurd.