2 other key reasons to oppose Net neutrality
The Rocky is right to oppose new federal regulations on the Internet, but the editorial missed two important reasons this is such a bad idea.
First, Net users are increasingly seeing online delays caused by video downloads and other data-rich applications. Meanwhile, spam and spyware remain out of control. A federal law that mandates “neutrality” would stop Internet providers’ ability to prioritize legitimate content that consumers genuinely want.
Second, neutrality regulations would be a serious roadblock to bringing the benefits of high-speed Internet (including distance education and medical specialties) to rural Coloradans.
Christopher Wolf and Mike McCurry
Co-chairs,
Hands Off the Internet coalition
Washington, D.C.
Nonsense
ISP's have no duty to prioritize one data flow over another, and giving a mega ISP the right to choke some traffic in favor of other sets up the scenario in which the user gets to see what the ISP wants them to see, rather than what the user requested.
I have no desire for Qwest or AT&T to decide for me what is "legitimate" traffic and what is not.
"Legitimate", whether that be video, text, or anything else is what the user requests, not what a corporation dicatates.
I would like to see who exactly Wolf & McCurry are representing.
Who is paying your salary gentlemen?
As a former Qwest consumer, all I can say is, don't buy into Qwest. You might as well get dial-up, approximately the same bandwidth.
Posted by on January 30, 2007 02:51 AM