hi Richard,
thanks for the trust, but my main point is (and this is in agreement
with many here): look into this yourself. there are lots of folks
saying lots of things and there is a lot of reasonable and silly claims
made by all sides.
also, i think there is often a misconception that there is one "net
neutrality" bill and indeed one has been proposed with that name.
However, it appears that this is just the beginning of a whole lot of
activity around this very general (and recently defined, i might add)
concept.
i guess i'm just saying that this is not simply black and white (or
good and evil).
markus
Richard (Show) Hall wrote:
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
, Markus Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Personally, I don't trust Google, Microsoft, etc. any more or less
than
> I don't trust AT&T, Comcast, etc.
>
> Both "sides" present views slanted in their favor. Both
dis-inform and
> mis-inform.
>
> Again, speaking for me, I see little difference in either
> SaveTheInternet and HandsOffTheInternet.
Markus,
For one thing, I trust you, so it gives me pause that you would see it
this way. And I mean that sincerely, if Markus thinks this, then maybe
I need to study the issue more. As people might notice (or, more
accurately not notice) I don't responsd as a rule to any arguments on
the list (though I do secretly enjoy them), but this one seems really
important to me, and I will totally admit that, like many things, I
rely on "experts" I trust because I don't have time/motivation to study
things in detail.
But, for this one, even according to the wikipedia you cited,
"savetheinternet" is really a grass roots movement with lots of
supporters who aren't making big bucks off of the network neutrality
legislation, like Larry Lessig and Bob McChesney, two people I tend to
believe and trust. Oh yeah, Tim Burners-Lee also came out in support of
network neutrality legislation, and I've always thought that there was
something fundamentally "good" about a guy who invented the world wide
web, but profitted very little himself. This, of course, has nothing to
do with the "facts" surrounding the issue, but all about people I trust
- I totally admit that.
(By the way, the wikipidia thing also notes that handsofftheinternet
is, indeed, a site supported by corporate interests like google, but
not savetheinternet, which, as I understand it, is largely a spin off
of the internet freedom foundation, who is not a big supporter of any
corporate interests that I can see).
... best regards ... Richard (a truster of Markus :) ...
p.s. thanks a lot for pointing to wikipidia, that is very helpful for
studying this issue ... I should have thought of that before
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