Comments on: Net Neutrality http://blog.meyerbros.org/2006/05/30/net-neutrality/ things we think Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:38:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: carl http://blog.meyerbros.org/2006/05/30/net-neutrality/#comment-105 Tue, 30 May 2006 23:19:57 +0000 http://blog.meyerbros.org/2006/05/30/net-neutrality/#comment-105 Doc Searls has <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8673" rel="nofollow">a long article</a> at Linux Journal on the topic. One of the sillier ironies of this whole thing is the giant telecom companies whining that net neutrality laws are "too much government regulation" and "restrict the free market." Their whole plan is to leverage the broadband pseudo-monopolies they have now thanks to government regulation - many people currently only have two choices for broadband provider, some only one. Doc Searls has a long article at Linux Journal on the topic.

One of the sillier ironies of this whole thing is the giant telecom companies whining that net neutrality laws are “too much government regulation” and “restrict the free market.” Their whole plan is to leverage the broadband pseudo-monopolies they have now thanks to government regulation - many people currently only have two choices for broadband provider, some only one.

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