DISQUS

Skip Oliva · 3 years ago

It's not uncommon for Republicans to argue that "antitrust is not regulation." Even think tanks like the Progress and Freedom Foundation have taken that position.

dennis parrott · 3 years ago

making net neutrality part of our anti-trust legal structure *might* make some sense if we could be assured that it will be enforced. after all, we can no longer count on the FCC for anything meaningful since it seems bent on doing but two things these days; currying favor with the large bloc of small minded right-wing religious zealots by "cracking down" on dirty words and rolling over for whatever Big Content (RIAA, MPAA, the big 5 labels, movie studios) and Big Business decides is Good for AmeriKa.

the root problem is that i don't buy my network access for the great stuff the network provider brings to the table. unfortunately, the network operators all seem like spoiled bratty kids whining about how content creators (who paid for their network connection the same way i paid for mine) are using up all their bandwidth as if they had something to offer on it that would be compelling enough to look at! the network operators just don't get it. i buy my access so i can go use google, yahoo!, tech lib front, yada yada NOT because i like SBC or RoadRunner's great content...

if network operators succeed in doing this, there will be geeks everywhere trying to come up with something else in an awful big hurry...