Internet Regulation: How About This Ad Hominem?

[danielan]

The current method is working (we have net neutrality right now), the FCC's proposal would just make it law that is must remain this way. I don't trust the FCC but I don't see how they could mess this up. They are simply saying things have to stay the way they are, not changing them.

Collusion between competitors is already illegal.

What we have now is working because the FCC lost at the Supreme court. The way things are right now allows ISPs to manage their networks.

The Comcast case was about Comcast shaping bittorrent as a management practice.

[sgreger1]

Yah. I have to agree with you, until the ISP's get greedy, no need for regulation at this time. Things are working great as far as I can tell.

[RobsanX]

Yah. I have to agree with you, until the ISP's get greedy, no need for regulation at this time. Things are working great as far as I can tell.

What, cable companies getting greedy? We all know that never happens! </sarcasm>

I agree that it's working fine the way it is, but I'm more worried about the future.

[sgreger1]

What, cable companies getting greedy? We all know that never happens! </sarcasm>

I agree that it's working fine the way it is, but I'm more worried about the future.

Newspapers are losing cash by the second, and not making much from their online ad-driven content. Magazines the same thing. Lots of people are losing money because the internet has it for free. This will lead to everyone getting together and finding a way to profit from it. I believe it will be in the form of bundling services as opposed to charging ona per-site basis like some news websites are already doing. But it will happen. I am for net neutrality, but i'd like to wait for there to be a problem utill we pass legislation about it, no reason to pass regulation that has no purpose in our current system. But someday it will be needed.