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This is getting off-topic for Hacker News, but you need some legislation to maintain the parameters of a free market. Net neutrality is the fair basis of an onl
by benwerd 14y ago
This is getting off-topic for Hacker News, but you need some legislation to maintain the parameters of a free market. Net neutrality is the fair basis of an online market.
- bad_user 14y agoLegislation is useful as long as it promotes consumer choice. But if you pay close attention, legislation in the U.S. is also the reason for why there is a lack of choice for consumers in regards to Internet providers. I invite you to read this article: http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cjv14n2-6.html http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cjv14n2-6.html
- benwerd 14y agoIt's also why the phone system works at all, not to mention the Internet itself. But I agree that the extent of the Bell model was too far.
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