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<pre wrap=""><div class="moz-txt-sig">Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:19:18 -0500
From: Kenneth Brody <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kenbrody@spamcop.net"><kenbrody@spamcop.net></a>
To: Fairlight <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fairlite@fairlite.com"><fairlite@fairlite.com></a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a>
Subject: Re: Filepro-list Digest, Vol 156, Issue 26
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On 1/25/2017 7:17 PM, Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
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<pre wrap="">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.
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<pre wrap="">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.
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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.<br>
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<pre wrap="">I'm still 100% in favour of net neutrality. If anything, I'm more
convinced, not less.
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<pre wrap="">I'm not an ISP, but as a consumer, I see no downside to Net Neutrality.
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Kenneth Brody
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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. <br>
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