| can't agree Talking about "pseudo-science". When are you going to stop living in the Internet age of 5 years ago Karl? One Internet option? Yes this was a big problem many years ago. It is a shrinking problem in most metro areas today. And don't come back with rural and underdeveloped areas. That's an entirely different problem.
I currently have 7 major players offering broadband Internet in my area of North Atlanta, and BPL may be soon to follow here as well.
Yes, I understand that Atlanta, along with Portland, Las Vegas and a few others major cities have been the test beds of new technologies. But this is a sign of the coming competitive market place nation wide.
Many of the complaints we see in policy circles about broadband choice is often due to individuals that live in apartment/condos or neighborhoods whose management group or housing group have made the choice to contract with one particular agency. That is their fault, not a fault of leaving choice on the table.
The problem with Net Neutrality in general as we know it is that everyone has a different definition of the concept because the concept incorporates too many issues. Regulating all these issues is not necessary. If there is a particular need then that need should be addressed with legislation. Blanket regulation of a broad issue will only hamper innovation.
I would invite anyone reading this article to read Tim Lee's: The Durable Internet: Preserving Network Neutrality without Regulation (»www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9775).
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2 edits | I currently have 7 major players offering broadband Internet in my area of North Atlanta, and BPL may be soon to follow here as well. 7 competitors? Sigh. BPL? I really hope your clients aren't paying you very much, because they're not getting their money's worth. Going to leave this post undeleted for entertainment's sake, but sorry - post locked, since paid spam (which is what this is) is against the site's terms of service. |
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said by thehondaboy:I would invite anyone reading this article to read Tim Lee's: The Durable Internet: Preserving Network Neutrality without Regulation (» www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9775). N.Brown Telecommunications Policy Consultant thelobbyist.net hownowbrowncow@twitter Anything that comes out of the Cato Institute should be taken with at least a truckload of rock salt. I mean come on, if it were up to the Libertarians, they would have sold off all the national parks, including all of the State of Alaska to the highest bidder long ago. This particular paper you cite is no different. Here is the abstract for anyone not interested in slogging through the 44 pgs.
Government regulation = Bad
Mass Privitization = Good
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