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Spirited Exchange Over Net Neutrality

Posted by kdawson on from the talking-past-one-another dept.

LukeCage sends us to The Register for a rabble-rousing account of a US Commerce Department official's talk at Supernova 2007. The article is headlined Bush official goes nuclear in New Neut row, and points out that the speaker, John Kneuer, is a former telecom lobbyist. To figure out what really went on in that session — whether it was a shouting match as El Reg reports — be sure to read Suw Charman's notes from the floor and Kevin Werbach's note (Werbach is the conference organizer).

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  1. Summarizing the posts so far... by Catbeller · · Score: 3, Informative

    :fingers in ears:

    didn't happen didn't happen lalalalalalalalalalalalala thereg is commie.

    America needs an enema.

  2. Re:Net neutrality is not a concern -- regulation i by plague3106 · · Score: 5, Informative

    the federal government has no Constitutionally-acceptable power to regulate the Internet.

    Sure they do; the internet most certainly crosses state bounderies, and net neutrality is all about the telcos trying to make more money by throttling bandwidth for companies that don't pay. None of the major telcos are located entirely within a single state.

    So while normally I agree that the interstate commerce clause is normally abused, this is pretty much interstate commerce and falls under the federal jurisdiction.