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Nice comment; though, I think the OP was just comedically endorsing Net Neutrality, which, iirc, asserts a negative right.

• byrneseyeview 17y ago
  Net Neutrality isn't a negative right. If you own a network, net neutrality takes away from your ability to use it as you see fit; if you want, for whatever reason, to dick around with your customers and block Craigslist, you should be able to do so -- just like a newspaper can refuse to run an ad, or even refuse to write about a story.
  • netcharmer 17y ago
    In my opinion, newspaper is not a right analogy. Newspapers provide content, ISPs don't. I can understand if, say, National Geographic puts some restriction on the online content but why should my ISP decides if I can access National Geographic or not. Telephone networks is the right analogy here - will you allow your telephone provider to control whom you can call?
    • roundsquare 17y ago
      will you allow your telephone provider to control whom you can call? Not now I won't, because that would be changing the service I'm getting to something I didn't sign up for. If I got an offer tomorrow for a "limited" phone service I would turn it down, but I wouldn't consider it immoral or bad or something that shouldn't exist.