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Re: Are Upload Speeds the New Broadband Selling Point?
said by r81984  :Protecting the internet is good for our economy. Protecting or regulating? In the US, government regulation assumes the free economy has failed. While there is posturing, FUD, etc around various interests (consumers, ISP business, CDNs, Content companies, search engines, etc) I don't see anything other than continued increase in speeds in the US without much increase in cost. Watch dog groups and competition done a fine job on "protecting". I don't see why the US government should get involved in regulation / socializing the Internet.
Telecommunications has been regulated over the past 100 years and look at all the innovation that happened there.
Since you made the statement, let me leave you with another thought. Is the Internet really [all] good for our economy? Yes it created a new industry, technology and jobs, but it also can take partial credit for the bubble / bust. The Internet is also creating a new generation of "everything is free" around music, video, etc. Online stores have impacted retail, newspapers are going out of business, Google has a near monopoly on the advertising business, etc, etc.
Perhaps this is just an evolutionary business shift, but I would not call it "all good"
That said, I love the Internet and what it has done for me personally. I'm just not sure that opinion is always shared and do worry about the long term impact of "everything is free and unlimited" generation we are creating and their long term impact on the economy. | |
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| The internet does need to be protected because there is not enough competition to prevent this large companies from restricting it. All the government really has to do is to ban caps, port blocking, and any restrictions ISP want to put in place to try to protect their video, tv, and voice services.
The internet has been great for our economy.
Google does not have a monopoly on advertising except on their site and those that choose to use google ads on their websites.
I do not know why you think the "everything is free on the internet" generation is new, that generation is over. The new generation is about overpaying for an mp3 player because its an ipod and paying a fortune for music off itunes. Kids now a days do not know how to download free stuff. It is really a shame.
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| In almost all situations, I'd rather cross that bridge when it happens vs a preemptive government regulatory strike.
As far as Google, they were genius and helped enable the "everything on the Internet is free" model while they cornered the ad revenue market with a clean and simple advertising ecosystem that anyone can use. The barrier to entry in that ad growth market is pretty large and Google(+Doubleclick's) 70+% world wide dominance is epoch. Combine that with owning "the starting point on the Internet" and you have to see that this was genius (and probably never allowed for any other company) | |
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