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Whoa...not the response I expected in the comments here. If net neutrality is killed, it means the barrier of entry for the next great Internet property is that much higher. Basically, I'll have to pay licensing fees for the rights to have my website served by the various ISPs.
Subscribers are already paying tons to get Internet access in America (compared to Japan where connectivity is as cheap as water, you'd think America was a third world country). What it boils down to is the major Internet providers are also television providers...comcast, time-warner, at&t, verizon. If Net Neutrality goes away, say goodbye to viable alternatives to over priced cable plans. Right now on Zune, I can pick which shows I want to see individually at $50 a season. I'm sure AppleTV has a similar offering...oh say buh bye to Hulu and Netflix too.
Commented May 2, 2011 on The Importance of Net Neutrality at Coding Horror
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...
@uala Thank you...I remembered working with a similar tool as the Monkeylives back in my palm days, couldn't remember the name. Gremlins it was.
Commented May 2, 2011 on Working with the Chaos Monkey at Coding Horror
Working with the Chaos Monkey
Late last year, the Netflix Tech Blog wrote about five lessons they learned moving to Amazon Web Services. AWS is, of course, the preeminent provider of so-called "cloud computing", so this can essentially be read as key advice for any website considering a move to the cloud. And it's great ad...
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