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The downfall I see with the
The downfall I see with the Net Neutrality idea is that this would allow a group such as our government for example to have total control over and regulate the Internet. I feel that would be a big mistake. I mean look at other industries would you allow the government to come in and tell farms they can only produce eggs that are white - no brown eggs allowed. That would be absurd, and I'd hate to see a similar thing happen with the Internet.
New thoughts ..
Network Neutrality used to be couched in the easy-to-understand terms of what ISPs might do..bit confusing to me..
New thoughts .
helpful post ....
Network Neutrality used to be couched in the easy-to-understand terms of what ISPs might do? ..what does it mean?
Thankyou for sharing,
Thankyou for sharing, awesome read!
Nice Article
One of the problems in this debate is that no Service Provider (the anti-Network Neutrality camp) wants any additional regulation imposed that might tie its hands in the future. So, to avoid that, they'll argue the worst case, doom and gloom scenarios to avoid even the most limited network neutrality requirements.
Another problem is that no ISP is willing to disclose key information needed for academics to analyse the issue, citing concerns over company secrets being read by the competition.
And finally, Network Neutrality used to be couched in the easy-to-understand terms of what ISPs might do -- such as accepting money from Gahoo to give it a leg up by degrading connections to Yoogle's service. This makes Net Neutrality seem like a moving target, though, because when Comcast blocked its users from making peer-to-peer uploads, that was a Net Neutrality issue. Now people are confused and frustrated.
The root of all of these Network Neutrality principles is to preserve the Internet's traditional operation of forwarding packets toward their source without discriminating between packets based on their source, destination, or content. It is that quality that created the level-playing field we have now, where MyStoreOnline can compete against Wal-Mart, where your blog can compete for readers against the big publishers, or their bright new invention has a fair chance to gain a market and become the next "killer app".
Robb Topolski
Just a quick thought. You
Just a quick thought. You made 2 solid arguments against net neutrality, 1) that ISPs might slow all traffic at peak times, thereby harming legitimate users, and 2) that capitalism acts as a decent enough check on the ISPs. However, I would argue that if net neutrality laws were passed the markets would in fact work to consumers' advantage. ISPs would be forced to minimize disruption to their users, or face the risk that consumers would move to a rival ISP with a stronger network. This would lead to a better infrastructure and faster internet speeds for all consumers, regardless of how much bandwidth they use.
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