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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. I don't like this guy by numLocked · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    From TFA:

    "Some, mostly libertarian conservative thinkers like those at the Cato Institute, instinctively oppose any and all regulation and want the free market to determine what services are offered, at what price and to whom. ...
    Of course they are wrong, and badly so.

    I'm a market socialist, and I believe that regulated markets are the best way to create social value."

    That's it. I haven't really taken this out of context. There is absolutely no supporting argument for this ridiculous statement. I'm surprised that there are still people who openly proclaim they don't believe in a free market. I'm not so sure the writer of this article is a deep thinker.

  2. Re:public utility by raoul666 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sewer access?

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  3. Re:public utility by PHPfanboy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    yet another piss-poor analogy.

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