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Re: POTUS backs net neutrality

From Anthony Giacalone <anthonyg@invalid.sdf.nospam.org>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: POTUS backs net neutrality
Date 2014-11-12 19:07 +0000
Organization SDF Public Access UNIX System, Est. 1987
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:26:57 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:

> Here's my proposal to consider. Get FCC out of the way and allow the
> states to legislate and administer the net freely. Some states will hand
> the net to the phone companies, some will set net neutrality rules,
> others will build their own infrastructure. After a few years, we'll get
> to see whose model is best for who, and those who chose badly will get
> to change their ways.


This is a bad idea. What's to prevent an ISP like Comcast to simply
route all their traffic through a "business friendly" state so that they
can throttle/block/do whatever to anyone they want regardless of the
customer's location? Similar to how Amazon was able to avoid charging
sales tax for so long (and still does in many places).

State legislation isn't going to solve this one. Net neutrality is one
of those all or nothing things which needs to be handled on a federal
level.

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POTUS backs net neutrality Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-11-10 23:31 +0000
  Re: POTUS backs net neutrality RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-11-11 08:05 +0000
    Re: POTUS backs net neutrality Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-11-11 09:10 +0000
      Re: POTUS backs net neutrality Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-11-11 14:08 +0000
        Re: POTUS backs net neutrality Anthony Giacalone <anthonyg@invalid.sdf.nospam.org> - 2014-11-11 19:20 +0000
          Re: POTUS backs net neutrality RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-11-12 14:46 +0000
            Re: POTUS backs net neutrality Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-12 17:26 +0200
              Re: POTUS backs net neutrality Anthony Giacalone <anthonyg@invalid.sdf.nospam.org> - 2014-11-12 19:07 +0000
                Re: POTUS backs net neutrality Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-12 22:12 +0200
                Re: POTUS backs net neutrality Anthony Giacalone <anthonyg@invalid.sdf.nospam.org> - 2014-11-12 21:09 +0000
                Re: POTUS backs net neutrality Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-13 00:27 +0200
                Re: POTUS backs net neutrality Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-11-13 11:26 +0000
                Re: POTUS backs net neutrality Anthony Giacalone <anthonyg@invalid.sdf.nospam.org> - 2014-11-13 14:44 +0000
                Re: POTUS backs net neutrality Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-13 17:02 +0200
                Re: POTUS backs net neutrality RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-11-14 16:18 +0000
    Re: POTUS backs net neutrality Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-13 16:21 -0800

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