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

In news:stqjj6d8qmv9lsnt4vb5if91luafhvpg4q@xxxxxxx Char Jackson
<none@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 21 Jan 2011 17:42:56 GMT, Bert Hyman <bert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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?"

No, that's not what I mean.

Then what did you mean?

I guess it depends on how you feel about net neutrality.

Net neutrality means having the government force the owners and
operators of the networks to operate them in a way other than the way
they, as the owners and operators, might choose to.

Why is it the role of The State to force these carriers to operate their
systems in ways that don't benefit them?

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@xxxxxxxxxxx
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