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The Real Issue With Net Neutrality

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the people-always-the-problem dept.

An anonymous reader writes "TechDirt brings into focus one of the largest problems in the net neutrality debate, not the issues themselves, rather it's the people involved and the lies they like to sling. An example of this is certainly the number of lobbyists that are being looked to as 'experts' and getting their opinions published as such. One specific example was a recent piece published in the Baltimore Sun by Mike McCurry, a lobbyist working for AT&T who claimed that with new legislation working for net neutrality Google wouldn't have to pay a dime. In response, TechDirt has suggested that McCurry should swap telco bills with Google, somehow I doubt it will happen."

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  1. What?! by chipotlehero · · Score: 5, Funny
    During the course of a political debate people are lying?!

    William Randolph Hearst must be rolling (more specifically ROFLING) in his grave.

  2. Ted Stevens by Rorian · · Score: 3, Funny

    So.. was Ted Stevens one of those "experts" they're talking about?

    --
    Will program for karma.
  3. Re:There is no "net" to be "neutral" with. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    I frequently read your posts, and sometimes I wonder what you're really after.
    Attention.
  4. Re:you are getting ahead of yourself.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    According to various trade journal publications, the days of 1.5Mb/s are over, soon to be replaced with 1.5Gb/s bandwidth almost everywhere -- except where the municipality or the state prevents it.
    According to the trade journal publications I read, the days of 1.5Gb/s bandwidth are over. Anarcho-capitalist IT geeks are working on multiple competing 1500Gb/s bandwidth networks, beamed to every square inch on earth, and costing less per day than a cup of coffee.

    If you didn't know about this, you're obviously not leet enough to read the trade journal publications I read.
  5. Re:Are you a professional writer and/or... by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 3, Funny
    There are those who want to "mimic" my lifestyle, but they don't see how it is done.


    You live in a trailer park in south milwaukee and drive a used toyota corolla. Who, exactly, do you think wants to "mimic" your lifestyle? Junis?
  6. Re:Are you a professional writer and/or... by jafiwam · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow.

    Haven't seen masturbation like this on Slashdot in a while.

    What, is Fark.com down or something?