September 07, 2007
You know, I totally don't believe you...
Via PDiddie over at Brains and Eggs comes word that the DOJ has told the FCC that it should not establish a 'net neutrality' regulation.
The agency told the Federal Communications Commission, which is reviewing high-speed Internet practices, that it is opposed to "Net neutrality," the principle that all Internet sites should be equally accessible to any Web user.Several phone and cable companies, such as AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp., have previously said they want the option to charge some users more money for loading certain content or Web sites faster than others.
The Justice Department said imposing a Net neutrality regulation could hamper development of the Internet and prevent service providers from upgrading or expanding their networks. It could also shift the "entire burden of implementing costly network expansions and improvements onto consumers," the agency said in its filing.
Bullshit. This is a way for the Telco's to kill companies providing VoIP service (like Vonage) and send us all back to POTS hell. Not to mention the money to be made by squeezing the hell out of companies who want faster load times on their websites.
What happens if no one decides to pay? Do the telco's just decide to drag down the network until someone coughs up some dough?
My favorite part of the article...
The agency's stance comes more than two months after Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras cautioned policy makers to enact Net neutrality regulation.Such a regulation could prevent rather than promote Internet investment and innovation and have "significant negative effects for the economy and consumers," the Justice Department said in the filing.
Supporters of Internet regulation have said that phone and cable companies could discriminate against certain Web site and services.
However, the agency said it will continue to monitor and enforce any anticompetitive conduct to ensure a competitive broadband marketplace.
Oh, hell... we don't believe a thing that comes out of the currently politicized DOJ. No way are we going to do this and rely on you to enforce.
PDiddie's right... it's time to mobilize...
Posted by mcblogger at September 7, 2007 04:45 PM
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