'Net neutrality' would be Democrats' pet

Iria · Oct 24, 2006, 01:48 AM

Source: Yahoo! News
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WASHINGTON - A Democratic takeover on Capitol Hill would be good news to those who say the government should prohibit telecommunications giants from playing favorites with Internet content.

The idea, known as "network neutrality," is about preventing those who control traffic on the Internet from allowing well-heeled Web sites to in effect buy their way to the front of the line in a world where data flow can be as congested as Los Angeles traffic. Proponents say it should be a bipartisan issue.

calidan · Oct 24, 2006, 02:22 AM

I seen some ads on TV that say Net Neutrality would benefit 'big' companies. It was an ad sponsered by Telecom companies.

WaltC · Oct 24, 2006, 02:59 AM

I think it should become a "bipartisan issue" when and only when the telcos and cable companies actually start making the 'net non-neutral. As of now, it's the same cable companies and telcos who rolled out the Internet as we know it today, the presently neutral Internet, who are the targets of people who want to pass laws making it illegal for these companies not to do what they presently are not doing...

Do we really need yet one more political football game played inside technology? I don't think so. If and when the cable companies and the telcos want to commit fiscal suicide by launching the kind of non-neutral Internet the doom sayers predict is inevitable some day in the future, then we'll have plenty of time to pass such legislation because then it will be needed.

Personally, I think that every living soul who uses and enjoys Internet and general computer technology on a daily basis should want to see the government--any government--kept out of the technology sector. If governments insinuate themselves ever further into this kind of technology then the upshot is they'll ruin it eventually, and the pace of innovation and invention and deployment will slow to a snail's pace. Government around the world has grown way too big for its britches, imo, and the onslaught can only be stopped when people band together and say, "Hell, no! Enough is enough. We're not going to take it anymore!" Send this message loud and clear to your elected representatives--if you are fortunate enough to still live in a democracy these days, that is.

Oct 24, 2006, 01:48 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	'Net neutrality' would be Democrats' pet Source: Yahoo! News _______ WASHINGTON - A Democratic takeover on Capitol Hill would be good news to those who say the government should prohibit telecommunications giants from playing favorites with Internet content. The idea, known as "network neutrality," is about preventing those who control traffic on the Internet from allowing well-heeled Web sites to in effect buy their way to the front of the line in a world where data flow can be as congested as Los Angeles traffic. Proponents say it should be a bipartisan issue.

Oct 24, 2006, 02:22 AM	#2
calidan Frozen in Carbonite Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 57 System Specs	I seen some ads on TV that say Net Neutrality would benefit 'big' companies. It was an ad sponsered by Telecom companies. __________________ Steam Community :: ID :: calidan "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead." - Jackie Chan

Oct 24, 2006, 02:59 AM	#3
WaltC DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: May 2003 Location: Deep in Martian soil where it's warm and the air is good Posts: 245 Rep Power: 0	I think it should become a "bipartisan issue" when and only when the telcos and cable companies actually start making the 'net non-neutral. As of now, it's the same cable companies and telcos who rolled out the Internet as we know it today, the presently neutral Internet, who are the targets of people who want to pass laws making it illegal for these companies not to do what they presently are not doing... Do we really need yet one more political football game played inside technology? I don't think so. If and when the cable companies and the telcos want to commit fiscal suicide by launching the kind of non-neutral Internet the doom sayers predict is inevitable some day in the future, then we'll have plenty of time to pass such legislation because then it will be needed. Personally, I think that every living soul who uses and enjoys Internet and general computer technology on a daily basis should want to see the government--any government--kept out of the technology sector. If governments insinuate themselves ever further into this kind of technology then the upshot is they'll ruin it eventually, and the pace of innovation and invention and deployment will slow to a snail's pace. Government around the world has grown way too big for its britches, imo, and the onslaught can only be stopped when people band together and say, "Hell, no! Enough is enough. We're not going to take it anymore!" Send this message loud and clear to your elected representatives--if you are fortunate enough to still live in a democracy these days, that is.