So Gizmodo has a picture about the “Worst Case Scenario” if we don’t have net neutrality. The picture shows a tiered pricing plan we are all familiar with from cable and satellite companies. Here’s the issue and this is the argument made by pro-net neutrality advocates that tiering would occur on the web site [...]
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The FCC, Net Neutrality and messing over the consumer
As I’ve said many times here increased regulation including net-neutrality regulation will result in poorer quality services and/or higher costs. This is a natural byproduct of governmental interference in the market. Gizmodo had an article that articulated this very point in regards to the recent regulation called for by the FCC chairman Julian [...]
Not the solution: Internet Freedom Preservation Act
Timothy Carr has an article on Huffington Post detailing the ‘Seven Reasons Why We Need Net Neutrality Now‘. However the legislation he discusses ‘Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009‘ is nothing more than increased regulation. Why is it that Liberals can only find more ways to regulate business and Americans. Instead we [...]
Time Warner Caps and Deregulation
There is a furor on the Internet over Time Warner Cable’s new caps being implement in many cities. Some commented on this like Tim O’Reilly who proclaimed on Twitter:
Why we need net-neutrality, as demonstrated in the Time Warner SEC filing http://bit.ly/9Upb1 (via Farber’s list)
In that post he directs followers to an article by Barb [...]
Google is ready to team up with The One
Google is ready to team up with The One to push their agenda in Washington. I would seem given the heavy contributions to Obama and Democrats they may very well have the leverage to make it happen. Their agenda seems innocent enough:
First, it wants to expand high-speed Internet access so people can use [...]
