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It's a shame "net neutrality" was co-opted by hostile corporate interests, because the original vision outlined in Tim Wu's 2003 paper was pro-consumer and like
by juped 6y ago
It's a shame "net neutrality" was co-opted by hostile corporate interests, because the original vision outlined in Tim Wu's 2003 paper was pro-consumer and likely would have led to a much better internet if ever pursued.
You can get his paper here: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/1281/ https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/128...
- linsomniac 6y agoI regret not saying "net neutrality" as the reason for cancellation when I cancelled my Xfinity last week. I instead said "Unusable upstream bandwidth when 3-4 people are doing remote work/learning". We just got municipal fiber and it's committed to Net Neutrality, and gigabit up and down. Aside: They spent several minutes up front establishing rapport (I kid you not "You sound like such a nice person!") then when I said I was calling to cancel service he turned it into a personal slight ("I thought we were friends, why would you do that!").
- eddiecalzone 6y agoReminds me of this snippet of an hour-long call to cancel service. “You don’t want something that works?”; “So you’re not interested in the fastest internet in the country?”; “I’m really ashamed to see you go to something that can’t give you what we can!”; “What is it about this other internet provider???” https://time.com/2985964/comcast-cancel-ryan-block/ https://time.com/2985964/comcast-cancel-ryan-block/