[X4U] OT:Net Neutrality: R.I.P.

[nk]

On Jul 10, 2007, at 11:13 AM, Richard Gilmore wrote:

> Yes I most certainly agree. The death of net neutrality will see the 
> return
> of slow loading pages with dial up speeds despite paying for "high 
> speed"
> access.

while a slower internet is certainly a buzz-kill, what's the greater 
issue and problem here is that Big Business tilts the game table even 
more in their favor.

as if laws in place don't already give corporations enough of an 
advantage; they now want to flense all others who aren't in the 
super-giga-mega-bucks league. that includes small-time companies trying 
to get their business off the ground.

Remember, there was a time when Apple computer was just 2 guys in a 
garage.

It's bad enough that they've hijacked the public radio waves—which 
belong to the people—now, the internet to which we were lured with 
promises that anyone could play on equal footing, is about to succumb 
to the same bottomless pit that is their hunger for power and control.

as for those who care only about getting fast, cheap entertainment: 
what you will be able to get will be a function of what Big Money 
decides it wants you to have, not what you want to have.

nk