On Net Neutrality
The best argument against "net neutrality" legislation was something Jerry Pournelle said on last week's TWiT podcast. To summarize (this is not an exact quote), he asked whether we should trust the Congress to write a law (any law, on either side of this) that would not have some fairly horrid unintended consequences. Never mind the intended consequences.
I know I don't. I'd rather have no new law in this area at all.
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[Patrick Logan] October 20, 2006 18:50:33.357
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New laws: oh, you'll get them. You'll get them.
[Patrick Logan] October 20, 2006 18:56:58.564
I am not optimistic those representatives (e.g. Wyden) fighting the good fight will totally succeed. But I am convinced we will get legislation written one way or another. The default is we'll be told they're "leaving out" net neutrality legislation in order to "let the market decide".
In actuality, the telecorps will get most of what they want in "anti-neutrality" written indirectly here and there.
Of course this should all be moot... the US should really view Internet access more like the highway system. Only the most extreme of libertarians (Graham Glass, reading this? 8^) believe that government should not build roads.
The Internet infrastructure should be handled this way, and I *do* believe it can be structured somewhat competitively and upgradable. (I am not a *complete* socialist! 8^)