Re: [MLUG] Oh, no...

[Phillip Kelchen <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I know that the taxpayers have sunk all that money into the networks. I
am floored that this is even going beyond the "somebody brought it up as
a pipe-dream idea" phase into an actual proposal. But I guess
congressmen can be bought and the public isn't that bright, so that's
why this might go through.

However, I bet a bunch of lawyers will successfully sue ISPs for child
porn and such as the ISPs now can see what's going through their lines
to throttle certain things and not others. Hopefully the loss of the
common-carrier status and the lawsuits that would come with it would
drive this idea into its well-needed grave. If Congress lets the telcos
throttle but lets them keep common-carrier status, then I'll show you at
least 269 people that have been bribed.

Phillip

On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 10:52 -0700, Michael wrote:
> Umm last I checked the American taxpayer has sunk billions of dollars 
> into the telephone and data infrastructure. THAT is why these companies 
> shouldn't be allowed to blackmail people into paying extra.
> 
> Let them though. It'll start a real war they don't want and can't win as 
> communities and small businesses build wireless last mile networks and 
> bigger companies like Google take the extra fiber that's available 
> around the country and stitch it into their own highspeed data network. 
> These networks could end up paying so that their customers can access 
> the services of Google and other mainstream websites.
> 
> If Google and others joined together to form a network that was free, 
> paid for by ads and services, and made building last mile wireless mesh 
> networks easy by providing off the shelf equipment that was easy to use 
> and affordable they could totally own the data, phone, and television 
> networks within a few years time. Why wouldn't customers pick a better, 
> newer, free network over their old pain in the ass providers that just 
> want to charge them more? This seems like the phone and cable companies 
> jumping into the same kind of quicksand that the RIAA, MPAA, etc have 
> already found themselves in. Making yourself the enemy of technology and 
> the consumer isn't bright.
> 
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