[farber]
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070622/093628.shtml
from the par-for-the-course dept
Net neutrality is a complex issue, but as tends to happen
with most things these days, it gets boiled down into easily
consumable, though not wholly accurate, ideological
soundbites from both sides. And even when people try to have
an open, even-keeled discourse about the issue, they still
run into problems explaining things well. For the most part,
debate on net neutrality has glossed over the fundamental,
but perhaps less incendiary issues, and been characterized
by intellectual dishonesty and propagandizing from activist
groups on both sides. It was hardly surprising, then, to
read about a panel at the Supernova conference descending
into a shouting match between a Commerce Department official
(ie the "anti-regulation" guy) and "pro-net neutrality"
supporters in the audience. Really, it's an apt
characterization of the whole debate: a bunch of yelling,
very little exchange of useful information, and nobody
really moves from their previously established ideology. All
this means is that, in the end, it's very unlikely for the
right, or even a good, solution to emerge. Instead, it will
just come down to whichever side can muster the most
political clout -- which is pretty much how things have gone
in telecom regulation anyway
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