Comments on: Snowe Dorgan Amendment for Net Neutrality Defeated by a tie.

By: BJ

BJ — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:01:35 +0000

The internet has always been regulated, which is why it’s so successful. We who are fighting for Network Neutrality just want to assure it stays that way.

Permanent Homeostasis? I build websites. If the internet, in its present Network Neutral form was in permanent homeostasis BECAUSE of being network neutral I’d be out of work. I can assure you I’m far from being unemployed. Which means the internet is far from being stagnant. I can also assure you, candacejune, that your splog site will not be making any adsense dough if network neutrality is defeated.

The Telecomms have benefitted greatly, to the tune of BILLIONS of dollars in tax incentives, because of government regulation. It’s amazing they’re telling the US taxpayer now that government regulation is the “big bad wolf”.

By: candacejune

candacejune — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:25:08 +0000

Asking for govt regulation of the internet to protect against the threat of monopolists just seems like opening up a can of worms. Is balkanization really so bad anyways ???? It seems more likely to foster the development of new twchnologies and business model that an internet in permanent homeostatsis.

By: BJ

BJ — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:20:41 +0000

Earthlink has been lobbying FOR network neutrality, and very vocally. The head of Earthlink spoke before the Senate committee and his words are on the record. Time for the US people to start voting with their pocketbooks. My ISP is Earthlink.

By: Priscillawhite

Priscillawhite — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:39:52 +0000

Not simple. The bill in Congress to eliminate net

neutrality is being backed and lobbied by EVERY

SINGLE ISP IN THE COUNTRY, theres only a

dozen or so. If you think your “local” ISP

wouldn’t do this think again, they’re nothing but a

reseller for one of these larger corporations.