Truth_B_Told Wrote:
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> Let's take the 'network of roads that runs through
> your neighborhood' example.
>
> What a concept like net neutrality would do for a
> road network is ensure that all drivers have equal
> access to the available roads. Without a net
> neutrality-like concept, the neighborhood roads
> become tolled. Drivers who can (and are willing
> to) pay more get preferred access. Those who
> can't (or won't) are fucked.
Wrong.
Internet access is not free. Absent the imposition of net neutrality, internet access costs will stay as they are -- with no separate toll for "neighborhood roads," and a *possible* toll for "superhighway access," depending on your service provider.
On the other hand, if net neutrality *IS* imposed, it will:
1) Impose a toll on *all* "roads" (both "neighborhood"
and "superhighway") that will pay for the increased cost of doing business and/or the tax that will arise from net neutrality regulations.
2) Diminish competition among networks by forcing out the smaller providers who can't afford to comply with the increased bandwidth requirements that net neutrality will require.
a) Less competition will mean higher costs for consumers.
b) Less competition will mean less innovation.
Truth_B_Told Wrote:
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> The opponents of net neutrality are greedy corporation and their sycophantic
> lap dogs.
Utter bullshit.
In fact, the PROPONENTS of net neutrality are monster corporations like Google who want to solidify their control of the market by discouraging new start-ups:
When you're running a company with a few billion a year in revenues, spending a
couple of million on regulatory compliance is a triviality, but because it's likely
to be a serious multiple of the first year's expected revenue for a local start-up,
that start-up is prevented.
Source:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/murphy/why-net-neutralitys-not-neutral-at-all/1806
Imposing more regs simply ensures that the big boys with the lawyers remain entrenched since they will be the only ones with enough cash to game the system of new regulations.