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Justice Department Opposes Net Neutrality

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the weighing-in dept.

thornomad writes "I was saddened (though not surprised) to read that the Justice Department opposes net neutrality saying that it could 'hamper development of the internet.' While it may seem counter-intuitive to me, they argue that allowing ISPs to provide different levels of service/speed for different content will benefit consumers. They did promise to 'continue to monitor and enforce any anticompetitive conduct to ensure a competitive broadband marketplace' — not that anyone was worried about that."

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  1. Bravo by HangingChad · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're doing a heck of a job, Roberto.

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  2. Re:ok by nEoN+nOoDlE · · Score: 4, Funny

    They have neither the expertise nor the authority to even contribute to the debate.

    Yeah! I'll take my expertise and authority from a bunch of armchair economists on Slashdot, thank you very much!

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  3. Re:Here's a better analogy by Nimey · · Score: 2, Funny

    I knew there was a car analogy in there somewhere.

    You've saved Slashdot!

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  4. Re:This isn't net neutrality, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You don't believe the American people have been indirectly paying for their infrastructure over the last 10 years?

    Who paid for it? Lolcats?