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Cory Doctorow Draws the Line On Net Neutrality

Posted by kdawson on from the preserving-the-next-google-from-cradle-strangulation dept.

Nerdposeur points out that Cory Doctorow has a compelling piece in The Guardian today, arguing that network neutrality is not only crucial for the future of the Internet, but is what the ISPs owe to the public. He asks, "Does anybody else feel like waving a flag after reading this?" "If the phone companies had to negotiate for every pole, every sewer, every punch-down, every junction box, every road they get to tear up, they'd go broke. All the money in the world couldn't pay for the access they get for free every day... If they don't like it, let them get into another line of work — give them 60 days to get their wires out of our dirt and then sell the franchise to provide network services to a competitor who will promise to give us a solid digital future in exchange for our generosity."

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  1. Statist abuse by Hugonz · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Does anybody else feel like waving a flag after reading this?"

    Yes, a black flag in my case.

    1. Re:Statist abuse by Requiem18th · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'd mod you -1 Lack of common sense.

      Logic should never be violated but logic without information of the real world is empty and useless.

      That Cory Doctorow runs one of the most popular blogs in the web makes him relevant so the parent is right, the grand parent is wrong.

      Next you are gonna tell me God is not logically impossible so I must be an agnostic and not atheist.

      It always irk me when I find someone debating with logic and no common sense, it makes philosophers look stupid.

      --
      But... the future refused to change.
  2. Just keep competition alive by brasselv · · Score: 5, Funny

    As long as a competitive, free market is ensured, this won't happen.
    If a ISP starts filtering, people will move to the next.

    Of course, things may turn out very different if we allow dominant market positions to be built in the ISP market.

    (But this won't happen, right? Just as we never let any dominant market position arise in the OS market, or in the microprocessor market. Now sorry, gotta rush back to my cave).

    --
    "Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong." (Oscar Wilde)
  3. Re:Why do we have corporate-controlled wires anywa by Daffy+Duck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whereas today's hottest technologies are texting and Twitter. Stop. Which are very different from the telegraph in... some way. Stop.