Why The Net Should Stay Neutral

Posted by Zonk on Sunday February 12, 2006 @06:28AM from the not-much-of-an-argument-here dept.

Dino wrote to mention a BBC opinion piece on why tiered Internet setups are a bad idea. From the article: "What is being proposed is more like building two roads into every town and up to every house, one smooth and well-maintained tarmac and the other a dirt track, and then letting Tesco and Waitrose bid for the right to use the good road. This issue just the latest round of a long-running debate about how much government - of whatever type, in whatever country - should be involved in the growth and development of the internet."

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The next controversy after inernet ownership by heroine · 2006-02-12 08:34 · Score: 0, Flamebait

30 years ago US was investing billions of dollars in this network while Europeans were content to invest in the minitel. Now they're protesting their lack of ownership of the internet.

Currently US is moving to HDTV and Europe is investing in expanding its low definition channels instead. Predict in 30 years Europeans will protest the ownership of high definition channels by US, there will be panic in the streets, slashdot will hype the controversy, and heads will roll.