Comments on: Net Neutrality loses vote

By: Michael Martinez

Michael Martinez — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:34:20 +0000

If that bill passes, people can kiss innovation good-bye. Anyone who remembers what happened to low-band television applications will understand what I'm referring to when I say the complaint provision in this bill will effectively provide anyone with the means of impairing all new development.

So, anyone who already has laid the groundwork for new infrastructure will be protected from the complaint provision, but anyone who has not yet built their foundation will be subjected to the same administrative blocks that prevented thousands of community organizations and groups from creating their own mini-television stations in the 1970s.

All this bill does is ensure that the large bandwidth users don't have to directly pay for the cost of developing a highspeed conduit only they would use anyway.

By: John

John — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:22:51 +0000

Really…the less government involvement we have in the Internet the better. Doesn’t neutrality mean the government won’t side with the public, telco’s or media companies? That’s fairness and free markets at its best.

By: Jason Fields

Jason Fields — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:05:41 +0000

This really irks me… Dont people realize that each of these small chunks out of the already swiss cheese of internet neutrality and freedom of speech online undermine its power and capabilities for all future users (like our kids!)