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Why The Net Should Stay Neutral

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. Alignment by Suit_N_Tie · · Score: 3, Funny

    The net should be Lawful Neutral :)

  2. Nice conclusion by RiotXIX · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We must just hope that the US government recognises that this is the case, and sets a good example to the rest of the world."

    Hopefully it won't come across as sarcasm.

    --
    "You know you don't act like a scientist, you're more like a game show host." Dana Barret
  3. What to expect by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 2, Funny

    We can expect the US Government not to meddle with the 'net as much as they didn't mess with wikipedia entries...

    http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/ 29/1732238

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    Demented But Determined.
  4. the right to build our own tiers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Anonymous Coward eyes the enormous coil of Cat5e cable and thinks about making a massively huge bulk order of solar powered WiFi/ethernet switches.

  5. I like how you've divided the world by Vicsun · · Score: 3, Funny

    "non-US countries"

    As opposed to all those other US-countries?