FightingBlue
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Re: maybe
Most people don't apprecciate the fact that a "free market" can't exist in a vaccum--it's inherently unstable. Eventually, the most cutthroat company will rise to supremacy and force out all the rest, creating a monopoly. The only way that you can have a true free market is if there's an equalizing force in place to stomp on monopolism--in this case, a government. People talk about government getting in the way of the so-called free market, but you can't have a free market for most things without having a government. Otherwise it's just mob rule. Of course then there's the groups like the movie industry who complain about the government intruding on the free market when it comes to the issue of censorship, but they run squealing to daddy when they want more laws to prevent the internet--which is a free-market zone if there ever was one--from crippling their antiquated business models. |
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CableConvert
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Atlanta, GA | reply to King P
You forget that Monopoly or Duopoly is NOT capitalism. This is NOT a free market when 1 or businesses control the whole market driving out competition thanks to gov't help |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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Mount Airy, MD
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said by King P  :The Senator from Oregon is right, if the ISP's have a tiered system of delivery, it can seriously stifle innovation. That and Free Speech too.
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King P
Don't blame me. I voted for Ron Paul
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Inman, SC
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However, one thing we have to remember is that most americans don't even know what broadband is, or if they do they think that dial-up is just fine for them. We at BBR are a vast minority of the internet using nation.
I fear to say it, but I think most americans won't care. They will just say something like "let the government handle it".
It's sad, but it could be a reality. I want the internet to stay as neutral as possible, and I will be pissed off and raise hell if the ISP's do try this.
Some say "why should the internet be exempt from Capitalism" but I say "Why shouldn't the internet be exempt from Capitalism". The Senator from Oregon is right, if the ISP's have a tiered system of delivery, it can seriously stifle innovation. All in the name of greed, (not that I think capitalism is bad because it isn't. Greed is bad).
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reub2000
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Evanston, IL
1 edit | Let an ISP try it
Just let an ISP try it, so they can learn how pissed off their customers will be. Then they'll realize how stupid of an idea it is and forget about it. |
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