Originally Posted By: redhat
This is a very interesting time for broadband internet service here in the US.
Opposition of NN: companies will no longer see the reason to, or have the desire to innovate, create new technologies
In Favor of NN: the internet will be regulated and there will be no super-highways or tolls for bandwidth intense multimedia and/or any sites so deemed exclusive on an access/connectivity level
I am torn between this. In one hand, I am not sure that government regulations upon these telecoms would be the "end-all-be-all" happy go lucky everything's peachy merriment we are all so presented with.
On the other side of the coin, if I pay my monthly ISP bill, I should be able to access the internet with my potential bandwidth speeds; and of course I understand routing, hops, network congestion, etc.
Perhaps this idea, while probably incredibly crazy, would work very well in a company's favor. What's if one of the telecom giants supported net neutrality. They would look like a hero. Perhaps American consumers could voice their opinions with their dollars that they find a lot of value, even if the rated bandwidth isn't as high or prices aren't as low, in doing business/having service from a company with ethics and morals.
The funny thing is that the phone companies and wireless telcoos have been under Title II for decades, but they don't control who we can and can't call or talk to, do they?
