Cogdis
join:2007-03-26
Floral Park, NY | reply to hottboiinnc
Re: Cry Cry Cry The difference between an airline and an ISP is that you can choose the airline you want to fly. I can't choose anything but Time Warner because they're the only ISP available.
Your argument is that since ISP's aren't taking advantage, there's no need for a law to stop them. That's like saying "since there are very few murders, there's no need to make it illigal".
ISP's cannot be allowed to CONTINUE shaping the traffic that they choose, because it is anti-competitive. |
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| There is always another ISP- Dial-up, WildBlue, and at times a WSIP. So just because AT&T made the comment of charging content providers to access their network we need a law you think?
You always have a choice. And if you don't like whats available to you; start your own ISP. |
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| Your argument is fairly illogical. Regulation that is pro competition should be welcome. I don't like regulation, but I can certainly support it if it improves competition. How can one be against competition? And the network neutrality regulation is not onerous at all. It just says that you can't do something that the telcos and cablecos say they don't do. So, it really should be no big deal. |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | reply to hottboiinnc
The government provides the wireline monopolies that these ISP's provide their service over. The law in question would ensure that the services provided over that network remain neutral. If it weren't necessary for the government to provide a wireline monoploy (and it is) then we could use the "start your own ISP" or "switch to anther choice" argument, but since there is a wireline monoploy because of government regulation, there must be full regulation ensuring as much of an "open-market" like reality as possible. |
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| There is no wireline monopoly. You are free to star your own ISP weather it by Wireless or wired.
How do you figure the government provides a monopoly for wireline carriers? |
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| There is a wireline monopoly because the freakin government helped the isps to start with favorable laws (you must have heard of these little things called franchise agreements). Tax breaks to telcos etc... Sorry the government is already involved, so really all it's doing is correcting a previous mistake (which unfortunately is the best course of action even though it is ultimately doomed to fail). |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | reply to hottboiinnc
Go start climbing up public utility poles and hanging wires.. I won't pay your bail..
Wireless is a different story, but is also not a viable alternative yet. If it were, we'd all have a high speed wireless option instead of the wireline regional MONOPOLIES that are in place. |
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