More on Network Neutrality
June 20, 2006 Posted by mitch | inernet, technology | 0 Comments
The issue is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more blown out of proportion... I am not for the government steping in and "regulating" the internet, because I know that will only cause more problems. However, I do not like the fact that the Bells (Verizon, AT&T, et. all) are contemplating prioritizing bandwidth to whoever pays them the most. People are clamoring all over this thought that we should just "let the market figure it out" and that if people don't like this prioritizing they're getting from the Bells, that that they could just switch to a different provider. In a free market with lots of competition this would be possible. The fact is there is very little in the way of competition in the broadband space. Thanks for the government kick backs and sponsored monopoly the Bells have been enjoying over the years, all with the promise of using the extra money to build a better infastructure to better serve the needs of their customers... ya know... the TAX PAYERS that footed the money to build this infastructure.  And here we are 2006, and we still don't have much more than we did in 2000. We have maybe slightly better speeds, but overall, nada. So, if we do decide to leave it to the market like these Bells would like. I say we remove all their government sponcership as well... truely open them up, force them to remove all barriers and fees that they charge the the little guys that want to supply DSL service. Or, better yet, we need more projects like UTOPIA Where there is an infastructure built from the ground up on fiber, and then allow any provider to provide service on the network. Level the playing field for infastructure and let the providers compete based on the service they provide and price.
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