Re: Net Neutrality

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

since the costs are so huge to build the infrstructure, only big companies 
will survive (with whole bunch of resellers) - i imagine where we end up in 
our twisted version of free market is that we will pay more and get less 
service.
I do agree it's become a utility.
Jim Franz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "steelville" <steelville@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Net Neutrality


> > It all depends on if you consider network access a utility or luxury.
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> > At one point, I think it was strictly a luxury ... but now, it's 
> > definitely a utility.
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> I would agree with that at this point..
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> > The free market should only apply to providing the pipe ... not what 
> > services the pipe will give you better access to.  david
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> Maybe the idea is separating the piping from the content which I guess
> is what this is about.
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> I think there's something wrong too, with the fact that the smaller
> ISP's from times past have been squeezed out apparently.
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> Local governments that gave monopoly franchises to cable companies, and
> we that let our mayors and city councils go along with this, I think
> sometimes that was a mistake. Let anybody build out that wants to.
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> Comcast serves around here, but AT&T has bought Bell South and I was
> informed by a door-to-door rep that AT&T is laying fiber down. I think
> there will be a cable competitor. Finally. Stay tuned...
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> --Alan
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