[Mdlug] net neutrality ?

Jeff Hanson jhansonxi at gmail.com
Sun Nov 19 17:07:22 EST 2006


I'm all for splitting the cable and telco infrastucture and service
businesses.  That would eliminate most of the problems.  Service
companies can then compete on the same networks and the infrastructure
companies can compete for providing the best networks and bandwidth.

On 11/19/06, Dan Pritts <danno at umich.edu> wrote:
> it's actually a very complex issue, and if you look at what the
> neutrality folks are saying, they'd have the effect of preventing
> providers from doing things like selling QoS guarantees.
>
> that said i of course don't trust at&t/ameritech/sbc/at&t any further
> than i can throw them; of COURSE they'll do something anticompetitive
> if allowed.  that's a direct effect of their basic business model.



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