[GRLUG] NOT LINUX - net neutrality

[Michael Mol]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, there's all that. But some
> kind of regulation is often needed.
> AT&T worked well as a regulated
> monopoly for something like three
> generations - it's what made universal
> service come about.

Worked well? Why do you think it took so long for network services to get cheap?

> But I take your point more generally.
> The government's current war on the
> private sector is not doing any of us
> much good...

And Net Neutrality is about escalating that.

> On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Dagny Scott <parsleyfirefly at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> When people talk about "enforcing net neutrality," realistically what they
>> really mean is handing over decisions about Internet service over to the
>> United States Government. The same people who have already taken it upon
>> themselves to seize domain names without due process. I don't want to do
>> that. You may have a whole host of good intentions, but it's not like
>> there's one government for seizing domain names and performing warrantless
>> wiretaps and another, Good Person government who will enforce net
>> neutrality. It's all the same guys.
>> Dagny
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