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A few questions and critiques: This principle of "nondiscrimination" will make illegal any attempt by broadband and content providers to offer the advanced ser
by decode 17y ago
A few questions and critiques:
This principle of "nondiscrimination" will make illegal any attempt by broadband and content providers to offer the advanced services consumers want - prioritized high-definition movies, games, television shows and music.
Does anyone know of consumers demanding that their ISPs prioritize this kind of content at the cost of others? I've never heard of this actually happening.
Rest assured, these FCC principles will radically transform the way business is done in our information economy, and taken to their logical conclusion could do extraordinary damage to the information economy itself.
Does anyone know of any companies currently doing anything that would be restricted by the proposed FCC net neutrality rules? I thought all of the talk was about preventing future action.
Recent criticisms of the FCC's net neutrality proposal by FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell in this regard are enlightening. "Do you really want five unelected bureaucrats such as myself - none of whom have an engineering degree, we're all liberal arts majors - making these types of decisions?" he asked.
It's funny that this was written by a magazine editor with a history degree.