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No! A thousand times no!
Net neutrality is yet another in the long list of federal laws that is a solution in search of a problem. We need to stop passing laws that are not necessary and will no doubt have unintended negative consequences.
This is all about control; not about freedom (and the desire by it's proponents to shape content in their favor). In the case of Comcast, they were doing what they thought was best for their consumers on their own networks; exactly as they should be. As long as we can keep government away from the industry, consumers can be free to choose - if you think you're provider is doing something bad, just choose a competitor.
This ARPANET itself demonstrates that we don't need more laws. They went on to create great new things without new laws.
Let's please stop the mindset that the answer to most of our problems is more government control.
The Importance of Net Neutrality
Although I remain a huge admirer of Lawrence Lessig, I am ashamed to admit that I never fully understood the importance of net neutrality until last week. Mr. Lessig described network neutrality in these urgent terms in 2006: At the center of the debate is the most important public policy you...
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