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I think an apt analogy would be if GFS[0] opened a chain of restaurants and started restricting deliveries to other restaurants, unless those restaurants paid a

by vcarl 12y ago

I think an apt analogy would be if GFS[0] opened a chain of restaurants and started restricting deliveries to other restaurants, unless those restaurants paid an extra fee that the GFS restaurants weren't subject to. [0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Food_Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Food_Service

webXL 12y ago
Again, they could only do that if they had monopolistic control of the market. That would be a symptom of problem 2.
- vcarl 12y ago
  True, but the regional monopolies are pretty solid. Net neutrality doesn't fix the root problem, but it makes it harder for ISPs to flex their muscles.