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30-Oct-2009, 01:36 PM #1
The case against the FCC's Net neutrality plan
The case against the FCC's Net neutrality plan.

The comment process, which runs until March 2010, is open to anyone.

Related article: After net neutrality, will we need "Google neutrality?".

A leading US academic on network economics argues that net neutrality is a good thing—but ISPs aren't the only potential gatekeepers on the 'Net. "Search neutrality" might well be needed next.

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31-Oct-2009, 11:58 AM #2
House, Senate get separate bills to kill net neutrality.

With the FCC launching a rule-making proceeding on net neutrality, a pair of bills have been introduced to Congress that would bar the FCC from issuing "any regulations regarding the Internet."

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01-Nov-2009, 12:20 AM #3
I hope they kill it because they want to take over the free speech.
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01-Nov-2009, 02:43 PM #4
Hi heewee,

Net Neutrality is not about taking away free speech - it is about throttling users bandwidth in favor of premium plans of ISPs - essentially creating second class citizens for lesser paying plans.

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01-Nov-2009, 03:47 PM #5
uTorrent 2.0 To Elimininate The Need For ISP Throttling.

BitTorrent Inc. is about to launch a completely improved implementation of the BitTorrent protocol that will benefit both users and ISPs. uTorrent 2.0, which is currently being tested by thousands of people, will eliminate the need for ISPs to throttle or stop BitTorrent traffic, and will optimize the download experience for its users.

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01-Nov-2009, 06:24 PM #6
Watched the news on it and free speech will be part if it if it passes.
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01-Nov-2009, 11:51 PM #7
Hi heewee,

How so?

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02-Nov-2009, 10:01 AM #8
Did Congress really give the FCC power to protect the 'Net?.

With all the hoopla over the FCC's new net neutrality proposals, the question of whether the agency has the legal authority to act on this issue still looms.

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02-Nov-2009, 01:20 PM #9
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A leading US academic on network economics argues that net neutrality is a good thing—but ISPs aren't the only potential gatekeepers on the 'Net. "Search neutrality" might well be needed next.

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I can understand laws preventing ISPs from favoritisms....I pay for my connection to the "net" and want the same access to web content across the board without my ISP interfering with my access.....

Search neutrality???

That is a diffferent story....I dont pay to use Google or Bing or any other search engine.... Use of said sites are "free" to me the end user....so if Google wants to push certain info or websites to the top of their search lists because they get more $$ from the advertisers of said sites then so be it.....
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02-Nov-2009, 05:16 PM #10
What a "sophie's choice!" Pretty scary that our future on the 'net could be decided either by huge corporations in the name of greed or by the Feds in the name of "decency." It's not necessarily the bandwidth throttling that scares me, its the content control.
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03-Nov-2009, 03:03 AM #11
If the government gets power over this then they will do what they want to if not right now then later.
All the things going on right now with most all unlawful because they want to control everything.

Wake up or your wonder what happen after it happen.
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03-Nov-2009, 11:19 AM #12
5 million Star Trek pirates vs. 1 FCC broadband plan.

Paramount Pictures says the widespread availability of a bootleg version of Star Trek means it needs to get tough on Internet users and websites, maybe even Google, Yahoo, and Bing. But what does this have to do with the FCC's national broadband plan? Everything, says Paramount.

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13-Jan-2010, 01:01 PM #14
Cost-benefit analysis: net neutrality makes economic sense.

A new study warns that abandoning network neutrality could transfer billions of dollars from the most competitive sector of the Internet (online content) to the least (Internet service providers).

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15-Jan-2010, 09:28 AM #15
Is the FCC’s version of Net Neutrality the real deal? Or is it a fake?.

Last fall, the Federal Communications Commission proposed rules for “Net Neutrality” — a set of regulations intended to help innovation and free speech continue to thrive on the Internet.

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