Comments on: Net Neutrality is Here to Stay

By: scott schnaars

scott schnaars — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:19:50 +0000

Good post, Paul, though I doubt that any of your readers will anti-net neutrality.

I’m fortunate in that the Senator that my mom works for has been a big proponent for Net Neutrality and it has been good to see him push legislation for NN. I posted a really good video on this subject from a speech a few weeks ago: http://www.scottschnaars.com/?p=414

As one of the more technology saavy Senators (responsible for CAN-SPAM for example), it is nice to hear him discuss this as more than a series of tubes. More about his overall stance on NN can be found at http://wyden.senate.gov/media/2006/03022006_net_neutrality_bill.html

By: John

John — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:10:18 +0000

The telcos should stick to finding better ways to deliver our packets, and the Googles and Yahoo!s should stick to finding better ways to deliver our content. When was the last time you saw a good content site run by a telco?

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Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:48:29 +0000

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By: Richard Crowley

Richard Crowley — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:14:58 +0000

I’m glad to hear that bill got tabled. Here’s to keeping the Internet open to anyone.

By: Kory Twaites

Kory Twaites — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:01:33 +0000

Whoever came up with that bill is a dick. The internet should stay how it is, and I’m glad congress was smart enough to dismiss the bill. People are just too money hungry now-a-days.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:11:19 +0000

I’d like net neutrality to stay and our internet bandwidth at least equivalent to the top ten most connected countries like South Korea and Japan. They not only get fiber optics for their lines, but their speed is higher and at a lower cost than what Americans pay. Seriously, U.S. telecommunications industry still owe us our fiber optics from all the tax breaks they’ve been receiving for years! And now they want to collect more money to build it? Show me the goods first!

By: Successful Blog - 1.2 Million Signatures Are Louder Than Lobbyist Dollars

Successful Blog - 1.2 Million Signatures Are Louder Than Lobbyist Dollars — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:16:15 +0000

[...] The Save the Internet coalition has collected more than 1.2 million signatures, including mine, for a petition supporting net neutrality. Itâ€™s a complex issue that many senators are still undeclared about so the battle for net neutrality is far from being over. I feel the telecoms should play no role in how the internet matures, rather they should simply focus on sending uninhibited data packets to and fro servers as fast as they reliably can. –Paul Staminou [...]

By: James Maskell

James Maskell — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:01:45 +0000

We need net neutrality for the internet to be able to progress and develop as it has done since its inception.

Granting companies the right to prioritise packets and charge for this service would simply cut out the small guys and in the end, make the rich richer. The bill would only have been good for the elite. The internet is also a global network – it would have put way too much control (than there already is) into the hands of American companies.

By: Ralph Dagza

Ralph Dagza — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:14:04 +0000

“we the people” must control the “pipes”

I think we should start our own union