Net neutrality is the principle that says all information flowing across the Internet should be treated equally. But with more people streaming data-rich video and playing online games, the Internet faces congestion concerns. Should carriers be able to sell multi-tiered access to heavy users? Should sites that generate massive traffic -- like Google and Yahoo! -- pay extra fees? The U.S. Government is examining Net Neutrality and its financial, legal and social implications. Do we need federal intervention to ensure fairness, or is this an issue for the market to work out?
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Net Neutrality is an attempt at legalized looting
Public Resource?
Actually the Internet IS a public resource. The underlying structure that was the phone companies and later the fiber optic backbones were actually paid for by the taxpayer giving money to these telecommunications and cable companies to make the infrastructure. Also it must cross vast distances of public land which I doubt they have bought and/or pay rent for so in a way taxpayers are still subsidizing the ISPs.
A mall owner can eject you from their property only if you do something to warrant it. If there is a general public invitation to entry. If he decides to charge a cover then it might infringe on the rights of the stores that pay him rent. After all he is changing the rules mid-lease.
Also what about all those government issued monopolies. You know the kind of internet area where you ONLY have Comcast or only have AT&T or maybe a duopoly of one DSL provider and one Cable provider. When they enter into back room deals the customer is the only one left to get screwed.
- Concerned Citizen
May 17, 2009 9:33PM
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