5 comments

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  MikeT

  3 years ago

  It's all about people bitching about file sharing being throttled down to nothing. Oh the horror. People might have to actually pay $0.99/song on iTunes or Napster instead of getting the stuff for free.
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  GBGames

  3 years ago

  Actually, Mike, if an independent game developer tries to sell his/her games online, the idea that he/she has to pay extra money to guarantee that the bits still get to their destination, something that TCP already is supposed to guarantee, is a bit absurd.
  
  On the other hand, I was a bit suspicious that moveon.org didn't have an actual name for the legislation, nor any links to references about it. Still, I have had few reasons to not trust them before so I signed the petition.
  
  I'm glad there are counter-points to read. I'll look into them. I hope that I don't come to a different conclusion and regret signing the petition prematurely, but I'm open to the possibility. Thanks for giving me the chance.
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  GBGames

  3 years ago

  I'll admit that the idea of regulating network neutrality isn't so appetizing anymore, but I do feel that James' arguments seemed to have been written in a deceptive kind of way. It felt like I was only reading one side of the argument without much commentary on why the other side is wrong. I'm not saying that it was deceptive, as I clearly don't know as much about it as you might, but I'm simply pointing out that when I read the articles, I felt like something was missing or being danced around.
  
  And Heritage? A admittedly conservative think-tank? With a Rush Limbaugh quote at the top promoting it? It's not exactly inspiring me with confidence that it would be unbiased and fact based, either.
  
  Still, I now have a feeling that Internet regulation would be bad and that the doom and gloom about the loss of network neutrality is likely exaggerated.
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  MikeT

  3 years ago

  I still don't think it's an issue because there are many factors against it. I seriously doubt that it is ever going to be a real issue because there is enough competition to allow people to switch from an ISP that pulls this crap.
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  James Gattuso

  3 years ago

  GB -- I'd suggest, if you haven't already, reading the resource page we put together on the issue -- http://www.heritage.org/Research/Regulation/Reg...
  
  The links we put in there are from both sides, so you can make the best informed decision. No dancing around there.