Net neutrality
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Net neutrality
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#3The structural reason is the government itself. There is no free market. There are no checks and balances from consumers. Telecom is a government enabled monopoly, and now you're seeing the dangers of consolidating power into a few corrupt men http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-aaron/wake-up-internet-t...
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#4Thank You.
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#5"I have met with the Chairman of the FCC, Tom Wheeler, and I believe he is a good actor that wants to do the right thing. But he is fighting against very powerful lobbyists and large companies that want to disrupt the freedom of the Internet."
"Prior to working at the FCC, Wheeler worked as a venture capitalist and lobbyist for the cable and wireless industry" -Wikipedia
Really? Somehow I doubt that he has turned a full 180 and is now trying to protect the internet against people in his former occupation.
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#6Direct link to the proceeding on the fcc website: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/display (Proceeding #14-28 here: http://www.fcc.gov/comments)
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#7I've been fairly on the fence regarding net neutrality, and this article turned me around on the issue.
Previously, it was nearly impossible for me to reconcile a valid reason for regulating the telcos. It's their pipes, they should be able to route it however they want. And aside from that, we've never had net neutrality -- there's no ISP I've ever used that allows unfettered upstream access to port 80 from my home, for example. That was, up til now, my belief, which I understand is not a popular one.
That said, the final paragraph actually hit home with me.
"As long as consumers don’t have freedom of choice, last-mile traffic discrimination should be per se illegal."
If the game is already rigged, then the players should have to play by the same rules.
Edit: s/traffic/pipes/g
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#8> I would love to see a world where the companies that own last-mile infrastructure are required to lease the lines to any ISP the end consumer wants; this would create a competitive market and mostly eliminate the problem.
Devil's advocate, why would any company want to be the infrastructure-owning company then? Aren't they in the worst spot?
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you must be more of an insider than I am. When did Y Combinator become a fan of Wheeler?
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#10> I would love to see a world where the companies that own last-mile infrastructure are required to lease the lines to any ISP the end consumer wants; this would create a competitive market and mostly eliminate the problem. Devil's advocate, why would any company want to be the infrastructure-owning company then? Aren't they in the worst spot?
Not if it's the government.