Comments on: Democrats attack new bill over Net neutrality

House Democrats push for more regulations on broadband providers, saying Republican-backed bill isn't enough.

[ordaj]

It's over

America the Slow will be the new reality. Look to Scandinavia, Asia, Brazil and current 3rd-world countries for innovation and fast access.

Congress: Representation of the rich, for the rich, by the rich.

[freemarket--2008]

Beureaucratic Bunglers

The last thing we need is more regulations and red tape slowing down broadband growth yet again. The government should keep it's pork-grimed mits off the internet.

http://www.cagw.org

[Sir Geek]

that isn't the point

What the government is "atempting" to do is to stop Broadband Provider A from charging Content Provider B extra money so that their data will be transmitted at the fastest rate it can.

This would be akin to Microsoft making it such that all search requests done from a microsoft based system MUST use MSN for their searches otherwise it would take 10x as long to get the results.

What if some one at one of these broadband providers didn't like your personal website ( for whatever reason - It gets too much traffic) and degraded access to your site for everyone. But if you paid them more money, you could get normal access again.

Is that what you really want the internet providers to do ?

We already pay our ISP's for our connection. Our ISP's already pay backbone providers.

Companies like Google pay for their bandwidth to their ISP and that ISP pays for their bandwidth to the backbone providers.

Do you really think that backbone providers should be allowed to charge companies that are already paying for their bandwidth JUST for the privilege of having their data transmitted at a normal rate instead of being degrated ?

[freemarket--2008]

Beureaucratic Bunglers

The last thing we need is more regulations and red tape slowing down broadband growth yet again. The government should keep it's pork-grimed mits off the internet.

http://www.cagw.org

[Sir Geek]

that isn't the point

What the government is "atempting" to do is to stop Broadband Provider A from charging Content Provider B extra money so that their data will be transmitted at the fastest rate it can.

This would be akin to Microsoft making it such that all search requests done from a microsoft based system MUST use MSN for their searches otherwise it would take 10x as long to get the results.

What if some one at one of these broadband providers didn't like your personal website ( for whatever reason - It gets too much traffic) and degraded access to your site for everyone. But if you paid them more money, you could get normal access again.

Is that what you really want the internet providers to do ?

We already pay our ISP's for our connection. Our ISP's already pay backbone providers.

Companies like Google pay for their bandwidth to their ISP and that ISP pays for their bandwidth to the backbone providers.

Do you really think that backbone providers should be allowed to charge companies that are already paying for their bandwidth JUST for the privilege of having their data transmitted at a normal rate instead of being degrated ?

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The good 'ole days...

Big rig drivers or anyone with a CB are about the only people out there who have somewhat free access to the airwaves - that is, if they can find a freed up frequency. The FCC is a notorious regulator, and it looks like we're going down a similar path with the internet. It's becoming a case of the have's and have not's, with the big guys getting all the options, and the small guy losing out due to budget constraints. Whatever happened to government works to support the little guy in business?

Keep looking to the technology out there that supports the small business sector: http://www.essentialsecurity.com/Documents/article6.htm

[209979377489953107664053243186]

The good 'ole days...

Big rig drivers or anyone with a CB are about the only people out there who have somewhat free access to the airwaves - that is, if they can find a freed up frequency. The FCC is a notorious regulator, and it looks like we're going down a similar path with the internet. It's becoming a case of the have's and have not's, with the big guys getting all the options, and the small guy losing out due to budget constraints. Whatever happened to government works to support the little guy in business?

Keep looking to the technology out there that supports the small business sector: http://www.essentialsecurity.com/Documents/article6.htm

[ordaj]

It's over

America the Slow will be the new reality. Look to Scandinavia, Asia, Brazil and current 3rd-world countries for innovation and fast access.

Congress: Representation of the rich, for the rich, by the rich.