Tech Manufacturers Rally Against Net Neutrality

An anonymous reader writes "Producers of networking hardware such as Motorola, Corning, and Tyco have come out against Net Neutrality. They support the current senate communications bill, and urge immediate action. 'Don't be confused by these spurious complaints about Net neutrality,' Tim Regan, a vice president with fiber optic cable manufacturer Corning Inc., said. 'Net neutrality is a solution in search of a problem.'" From the article: "Supporters say the Senate measure, which was approved by a committee vote in June but has since gotten hung up chiefly over Net neutrality, is crucial because it would make it easier for new video service providers--such as telephone companies hoping to roll out IPTV--to enter the market, increase competition for cable, and thus spur lower prices. Among other benefits, they say, it would also permit municipalities to offer their own broadband services."

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Re:you know

[whoever57]

I've given an example.

You have given an example of how badly written laws can have negative consequences. Well, Duh! This applies to any law. Should Congress just give up now and go home?

It's up to you to show how NN laws can be written to avoid outlawing legitimate applications like the one I gave, particularly when my linked to JE, proposing the enforcement of minimum standards, also prevents such discrimination without preventing the legitimate scenario I presented.

What you did was extrapolated to an extreme and showed how that could be bad. Neither you (I assume) nor I nor most (or all?) of /. posters have any experience in writing laws. However, just because we cannot write good laws does not mean that such laws cannot be written.

Essentially, your argument is a strawman.