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To: Danae

I’m generally OK with the idea of Net Neutrality, but the FCC wasn’t the way to go about it.

While I am a free market capitalist, the requirements to treat all data equally would fall mainly on companies that experience a government-sanctioned monopoly or duopoly. Where I live, I’ve got two choices for broadband: Verizon DSL or Atlantic Broadband cable. I’m very happy with Verizon DSL, but if they started limiting my access to resources, I would only have one other method of recourse. Many have fewer than I do.


7 posted on 04/06/2010 8:08:49 AM PDT by Dan Nunn (Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise. -The Great One)
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To: Dan Nunn

Yes, you’re pretty fortunate. Where I live, I can only get dial-up or satellite.


9 posted on 04/06/2010 8:11:16 AM PDT by library user
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To: Dan Nunn

Join/start a rural wireless project, stick an antenna on your roof and increase the coverage area.


15 posted on 04/06/2010 8:17:52 AM PDT by world weary
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To: Dan Nunn
While I am a free market capitalist, the requirements to treat all data equally would fall mainly on companies that experience a government-sanctioned monopoly or duopoly.

The solution is not to regulate the monopoly (which is "net neutrality" in a nutshell) but to eliminate it.

17 posted on 04/06/2010 8:24:59 AM PDT by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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