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


"Bert Hyman" <bert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In news:72cjj693l0m2h0rtmc9iqn6d91cbrn888r@xxxxxxx Char Jackson
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On 21 Jan 2011 14:18:47 GMT, Bert Hyman <bert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In news:qtvhj691nes48p73aavbbvruhnls3qd7h9@xxxxxxx Char Jackson
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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?"

I see the problem as monetizing the service. And it's already in place.
Some have had problem with alternative VoIP services where the ISP gives
preference to their service and places blocks in the way of services by
other providers.

I have, personally, had important emails blocked (actually bit bucketed) as
the provider has an application that decides what is and is not spam. In
the case of several ISPs there is NO adult supervision of the program. It
is what it is and it does what it does and there is no way for anyone (say a
reasonable adult) to fix the errors.




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