Lessig On Net Neutrality

nanojath writes "Lessig delivers the final word on net neutrality. Read it 5 times to absorb the densest, most content-rich pronouncement that Wired will deliver in 2007." From the article: "Those who oppose network-neutrality regulation should also oppose... regulation of [municipal broadband,] last-mile broadband's most important competitor. Municipal competition won't kill commercial broadband any more than Linux has killed Windows. Yet it could change the business model of last-mile broadband, just as Linux has changed the business model of Microsoft. If there's going to be a Linux-like miracle to counteract innovation-threatening broadband business models, then, at a minimum, miracles must not be a crime."

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Standard Oil

[Erioll]

Standard Oil was the reason for the introduction of Antitrust laws in the USA, not AT&T (Bell, whatever). Yes they got hammered by them, but they were not the first, nor the ones that prompted their creation in the first place. What, you thought "Esso" was just a funny-sounding name? Ess-O. SO. Standard Oil.

Re:Standard Oil

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, it was the railroad industry that spurred the Sherman Act, not the oil companies. They just got hit with that hammer. The federal suit didn't start until 16 years after the Sherman Act was passed (1890).

Re:i'm worried

[SP33doh]

wait, I thought fiber prevented constipation.