Time4aNAPPremium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL | (Covers Eyes) "No, No Problems Here!" If voters get their act together in 2008, the FTC's new Top Boss could be one who will demand reform from the laissez-faire policies of the far-right wing. Even then we aren't going to see any real change in this decade. I can wait, but when it comes, I expect to see some monopoly-busting whoopass going on.
As for network neutrality, somebody in DC had better face the fact that the USA is no longer the center of the Internet. If US business is allowed to adopt policies that are rejected by international Internet authorities, we could end up isolated from the Internet as a nation. We could also find ourselves back to the AOL / Compuserve / Prodigy era, when it comes to national networking. That might be good news to the reactionary, who still views the fax machine as leading-edge technology. But for the rest of us it could really suck. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | said by Time4aNAP:I can wait, but when it comes, I expect to see some monopoly-busting whoopass going on. Good luck with that.said by Time4aNAP:As for network neutrality, somebody in DC had better face the fact that the USA is no longer the center of the Internet. If US business is allowed to adopt policies that are rejected by international Internet authorities, we could end up isolated from the Internet as a nation. What policies would you be referring to? |
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Time4aNAPPremium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL | said by openbox9:What policies would you be referring to? I'm not. See how the sentence starts with the word "if"?
It's all theoretical right now. No US backbone provider has done more than complain about how "unfair" unmetered peering is (and done a few dirty tricks), but have yet to agree on a payment system, much less the dreaded SLAs. |
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