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November 5, 2006

Net Neutrality 11-05-2006

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 4:25 am

Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

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. . . The issue seems pretty simple. Videotron wants to preserve the gatekeeper status they enjoy as a cable television provider. That’s why they oppose net neutrality. In a world where many competitive alternatives exist, that might be tolerable. In our world — the world where your choices are cable or the incumbent telco — it shouldn’t even be on the table.

Do we, as consumers and producers of content, want a return to the end-to-end integrated model of the entertainment networks, or do we want choice? There’s enough crap on the tube. Let’s vote for choice and see what happens.

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MA Bell Monopoly Versus the Free Internet — Tell the FCC Net Neutrality Is Not Negotiable

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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2 Comments to “Net Neutrality 11-05-2006”

  1. November 5th, 2006 at 7:28 am
    Rick Cockrum said

    I never thought of it in that way. The movie studios used to own the theatres (the pipes) as well as the production companies (the content). The federal government forced them to divest and allow the theatres to shown whatever movies they wanted to show. Not a perfect analogy, but similar.

  2. November 5th, 2006 at 7:50 am
    ME Strauss said

    Yeah, Rick. I think your analogy is a great one. I’d gotten to the cable TV version, but not to yours. And we survived the movie theaters being on their own — I think we were better for it. It sure seems that way to me.

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