Next Up for Nationalization: the Internet

National Review ^ | November 13, 2008 | Phil Kerpen

[dr_who]

Network neutrality means less technological innovation — and less freedom, too.

By Phil Kerpen

Following the nationalization of investment banks, Fannie and Freddie, consumer banks, and private insurance companies, taxpayers are likely asking: What’s left for the federal government to nationalize?

How about the Internet?

Network neutrality, or net neutrality, is the beneficent-sounding name for sweeping new government regulatory power that would prohibit Internet service providers from innovating in their own networks. This could lead to much less broadband investment by private companies, and could potentially force government subsidization, control, and outright nationalization of the Internet. The implications of this are chilling.

[steve-b]

the fact is that ISP's and bigger players that ISP's connect to OWN THE NETWORKS, the networks they built with the aid of government-granted franchise monopolies.

Fixed it for you.

[steve-b]

The people you're talking about are likely to be Comcast and Verizon, since they have the networks and can do as they please with them, including partitioning them off from the internet

A breach of contract on that massive a scale is likely to end with the corporation's executives instructed to show up in court, and bring their toothbrushes.

[Fichori]

Do you really expect me to trust GOA when they are agreeing with George Soros’ MoveOn.org?

Maybe Craig Fields is just a Soros front man.

[steve-b]

Maybe Craig Fields is just a Soros front man.

Paranoid much?