[mathprof]

Wasn't the "turning point in the history of the Internet"  the moment when AlGore invented the internet?

Also, FYI, Moveon.org is a big supporter of "net neutrality".

[scrabblehack]

OK, what is net neutrality?

[ThinkPlease]

Also, FYI, Moveon.org is a big supporter of "net neutrality".

So are folks like the Christian Coalition, and Gun Owners of America. What's your point? It's definitely not a partisan issue.

[ShadowAce]

[ShadowAce]

Also, FYI, Moveon.org is a big supporter of "net neutrality".

So what? We should support it also.

[Tribune7]

I think the GOP got it right.

[goldstategop]

"Net Neutrality" is liberal code for the so-called "fairness doctrine." In reality, it would make the existence of groups like Free Republic impossible since of course we are not "balanced." Liberals want to make sure conservatives can't express an opinion unless a liberal is around to counter it.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[Drango]

"Net neutrality" is a great name and I want to support it just like supporting "fairness", mom and apple pie. But in looking at what it does, I'm with the GOP on this one.

[dennisw]

NET NEUTRALITY:

My understanding is commercial sites that pay a "tariff" to large ISPs such as Comcast will have their sites load quicker. Comcast and others will enable this/ So when Barnes&Noble and Amazon compete on the internet the bookseller that pays Comcast to load quicker, is easier to communicate with, has a leg up

Educational sites such as this one pay nothing to Comcast Verizon etc and will be in the slow lane. A graphics heavy thread will take longer to load than a commercial site in the fast lane. At this moment Free Republic gets the same treatment from Comcast (my ISP) as does Amazon. They load equally fast

I'm in favor of net neutrality

[capitalist229]

Now we will have a set of internet 'HOV lanes' sold to deep pockets like Amazon and Ebay.

Grudgingly, I am not with the GOP on this issue.

And stop labelling net neutrality with government regulation because that is misleading. What if the interstate highway system was administered by the private sector, with high speed lanes for rich fatcats ?

Whether we care to admit it or not, government funded research made the internet possible in the first place.

BUMP

[clyde asbury]

Thanks for your replies. Good comments and questions.

Reason Foundation is in the list at post 33, and I remember their comments on this subject in recent years. I respect Reason a great deal, but I'm still learning about this subject, so I haven't chosen sides yet.

[Cacique]

BTT

[beavus]

Don't worry. After the Dems take the House again, they will pass Net Neu-fascism. And, as the laws of economics predict, we will all suffer for it.