Net Neutrality

[soliloquy76.livejournal.com]

"Now what they would like to do is use my pipes free, but I ain't going to let them do that because we have spent this capital and we have to have a return on it. So there's going to have to be some mechanism for these people who use these pipes to pay for the portion they're using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes?"

-- Ed Whitacre, CEO of AT&T



Edit: This isn't a real ad. It's a joke. Laugh.

Comments

[monk111.livejournal.com]

How much for violent porn, such as screamandcream.com?

[inibo.livejournal.com]

All the net "neutrality" fans just don't get it. I work for a small ISP. If the big guys try to inflict something like this there are thousand of small companies like the one I work for who will be all over them offering unlimited access for a far better price. We will kill them. On the other hand if you let congress and their owners dictate the rules they will be in the interests of the very people you think you are going after because they are the ones who will write the regulations that allow them to operate and put their competitors, like us, out of business.

Do a little research, look up the AMA and "lodge doctors." (http://www.fff.org/freedom/1201e.asp) If you like the health care industry that exists in this country today you will love the Internet you get after congress and the big telcos get through with it.

Why does freedom scare you so much?