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Post by quickplay on Oct 23, 2009 10:50:01 GMT -5
So it looks like this is going to be a battle (who knew?). Just thought I'd get the ball rolling on a discussion here. I don't want to start with a specific news link so I'm just linking the wikipedia page for anyone who isn't really sure of the issue (wikipedia of course being a 100% reliable source...) It seems to me to be a debate about what we want the internet itself to be in the future. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality
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TC
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Post by TC on Oct 23, 2009 11:10:48 GMT -5
It seems to me to be a debate about what we want the internet itself to be in the future. If there were a good technical argument against net neutrality, maybe that'd be true.
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quickplay
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Post by quickplay on Oct 23, 2009 11:28:20 GMT -5
I'm not arguing against it, I'm for net neutrality. I think without net neutrality we'd move towards an a la carte system more like cable television, which would change the nature of how we use the internet itself.
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Oct 23, 2009 15:19:08 GMT -5
Most of the arguments I see being made against net neutrality are straw men, red herrings, and parades-of-horribles. I don't see them as particularly cogent or compelling. Am I missing something, or are the oppoents to net neutrality just poorly masking a basic profit motive?
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Oct 23, 2009 15:20:27 GMT -5
Also, is anyone in this paying attention to the fact that the USA keeps slipping further and further down the ladder in broadband speed and connectivity compared to the rest of the world?
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