Big Telecom's astroturf campaign against Net Neutrality

Ducimus · 05-12-10, 06:40 PM

Net neturality's days are numbered unfortunately. Big corporations just have too much collective muscle. I am amazed that some people think that government regulation to maintain net neturality is a bad thing. I guess to some, ANY government involvement, regardless of intent is bad. Period.

Unfortunately, there is no convincing anyone with that opinion until the internet suffers from the strip mall effect, and some large corporation becomes the virtual version of wallmart. Sites, like this one, will be pushed right off the map with the big players having dibs on bandwidth. Whats more, being able to D/L things for free will be a thing of the past. Want to upload a mod? That will cost you. Want to D/L a mod, patch, or streaming video? That will cost you too. There will eventually come a time when the internet will no longer be a free medium, and only large corps with the muscle to stake out bandwidth will have a presence on it.

These are the "good ole days" Enjoy it while it lasts.

05-12-10, 06:40 PM	#9
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Net neturality's days are numbered unfortunately. Big corporations just have too much collective muscle. I am amazed that some people think that government regulation to maintain net neturality is a bad thing. I guess to some, ANY government involvement, regardless of intent is bad. Period. Unfortunately, there is no convincing anyone with that opinion until the internet suffers from the strip mall effect, and some large corporation becomes the virtual version of wallmart. Sites, like this one, will be pushed right off the map with the big players having dibs on bandwidth. Whats more, being able to D/L things for free will be a thing of the past. Want to upload a mod? That will cost you. Want to D/L a mod, patch, or streaming video? That will cost you too. There will eventually come a time when the internet will no longer be a free medium, and only large corps with the muscle to stake out bandwidth will have a presence on it. These are the "good ole days" Enjoy it while it lasts.