Net Neutrality

[Boaz Bezborodko]

> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:19:18 -0500 From: Kenneth Brody 
> <kenbrody at spamcop.net> To: Fairlight <fairlite at fairlite.com>, 
> filepro-list at lists.celestial.com Subject: Re: Filepro-list Digest, Vol 
> 156, Issue 26 Message-ID: 
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> text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed On 1/25/2017 7:17 PM, 
> Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
>> Thanks Boaz.
>>
>> In point of fact, rather than changing my mind, the cited articles actually
>> reinforce my opinion.
>>
>> The one regarding using the old telephony law is especially poignant, as
>> there are those of us who have felt for -years- that ISPs should, in point
>> of fact, be treated as "common carriers".  That is exactly what we want.
>> We want it not only in a financial sense, but it also means that ISPs would
>> -not- be free to censor content.  If memory serves, it also means that it
>> would free ISPs from being held liable for illegal content transmitted
>> beyond their control.  That status should actually protect them, not harm
>> them.
> And protect the consumer.  Consider, for example, how some cell phone
> carriers (are they considered "common carriers"?) are now offering deals
> which include things like "video streaming (from our service only) doesn't
> count towards your data limit".  For example, AT&T has plans which let you
> watch AT&T-owned DirecTV video without using any of your data plan.  So, if
> I were on CableVision or FiOS, I would have to pay to stream my videos, but
> if I were to switch to AT&T's DirecTV, it would be free.  I'm sure there are
> other examples out there.
>
> [...]

I don't see the problem with this.  It is their right to offer a service 
for free if they so wish and the individual has the choice to purchase 
it or not.   You may want to argue the point of a data provider also 
owning a content provider such that they give themselves a better deal 
or someone else a worse one, but that is a different argument.

>> I'm still 100% in favour of net neutrality.  If anything, I'm more
>> convinced, not less.
> I'm not an ISP, but as a consumer, I see no downside to Net Neutrality.
>
> [...]
>
> -- Kenneth Brody

The downside is the increased costs and reduced options that come with a 
regulated government market.  For the big guys this is a feature, not a 
bug.  Kill off the small guys so that the big guys get to slice things 
up and capture the regulatory system.



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