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To: mathprof; scrabblehack
OK, what is net neutrality? ... Heavy government regulation of the internet.

It is the government telling the telcos to leave the Internet content-neutral as it is now. IOW, don't mess with the recipe that made the Internet great.

To over-use a metaphor, imagine the information superhighway. The telcos currently have a toll booth to get on, and a toll booth to get off. Now they want to put another toll booth in the middle and charge more depending on what kind of car you drive on the road.

20 posted on 06/09/2006 6:18:43 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat; TaxRelief; ShadowAce
the government telling the telcos to leave the Internet content-neutral as it is now....

Sounds good, but there are several conflicting descriptions of the issue that can make it sound anyway we want.  What would be handy is a link to the actual legislation proposed/pending elsewhere for us to push/stop.

Nine times out of ten, new government laws are the problem and not the solution.   My worry in this case is the telecom gang becoming a law unto itself by seizing a control of information commerce that's not subject to public recourse.

30 posted on 06/09/2006 6:38:27 AM PDT by expat_panama
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