Re: Verizon sues FCC, says "net neutrality lite" rules illegal

In news:72cjj693l0m2h0rtmc9iqn6d91cbrn888r@xxxxxxx Char Jackson
<none@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 21 Jan 2011 14:18:47 GMT, Bert Hyman <bert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In news:qtvhj691nes48p73aavbbvruhnls3qd7h9@xxxxxxx Char Jackson
<none@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If the FCC can't stop what's going on, then no one can.

What's "going on" that needs to be stopped by police power of The
State?

Net neutrality, or the potential lack thereof.

I'm not sure I can boil it down to a sentence, but essentially it's
about a few entities that control a lot of the Internet

They "control" the Internet because they own the hardware over which
your traffic travels.

trying to position themselves in a way that benefits themselves

And what's wrong with that, exactly?

but harms consumers.

By "harms," do you mean "requires them to pay for the services they
receive?"

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@xxxxxxxxxxx
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