richardpor
Fur it up
join:2003-04-19
Portland, OR
| Enough Said
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Net neutrality is nothing more than concessions for Google, Microsoft and EBay with large paid lobbing staff. It is the small guy that will be hurt because the big boys can hog all the bandwidth they can get and pay the same rate as somebody like small mom and pop business that uses less than %1 of the capacity. |
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major marco
Res Firma Mitescere Nescit
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join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA
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| said by richardpor  :» online.wsj.com/article/SB1167683···=opinionNet neutrality is nothing more than concessions for Google, Microsoft and EBay with large paid lobbing staff. It is the small guy that will be hurt because the big boys can hog all the bandwidth they can get and pay the same rate as somebody like small mom and pop business that uses less than %1 of the capacity. Well if a Wall Street Journal opinion says that NN is just a "shakedown," mind you -an opinion written by, for and of the corporations on Wall Street- then it MUST be true! Yessiree, Bob. Absolutely, positively the truth, praise Jaysus, hallelujah!
And all them silly groups agigtating for NN are just a buncha hippie libruls who don't know nuttin' bout the ways of the Wall Street world. If it's profitable for Wall Street, then it MUST be good for consumers!
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karlmarx
join:2006-09-18
iraq
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How is the 'small guy' hurt by net neutrality? The small guy is the WINNER with net neutrality. It guarantees that their traffic is just as important as google and microsoft. They get what they pay for. If they buy a T-1, then then get 1.5mb/sec of traffic. If they buy a 100mb pipe, then they get 100mb of speed. Where in the world do you get the idea that google, or ebay, or microsoft BENEFIT with net neutrality?
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| Google benefits because a large part of its business is serving the small content providers--selling them advertising options, paying them for carrying ads Google has sold to others, etc. In other words, what's good for the little guy is good for that part of Google that serves the little guy. (If the market coalesces into just ATT, VZ, 2 or 3 cable ISPs and their captive content providers, then Google loses a big market.)
As for ebay and Microsoft, without current major ISP lock-ins, they too could be damaged by preferential treatment given to ISP captive content providers.
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