Matt, Well said.
Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Liotta" <mlio...@r337.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Common Carrier or what: The FCC's role in regulation ofnet-neutrality > > On Feb 5, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Chuck Bartosch wrote: > >> That statement completely ignores history. The tendency of any >> unconstrained capitalist is to form a monopoly. Hell, *I'd* do it if I >> could ;-). And unconstrained capitalism that achieves a monopoly rarely >> acts in its customers own best interests. >> >> If nothing else, it's in our society's interest to prevent monopolies >> because innovation stagnates in a monoploy situation. >> > It should be every capitalist desire to become a monopolist. The > government's role should be to encourage businesses to innovate and grow > towards being a monopoly while hoping the market has sufficient > competition to stop that ultimate result. If not, then step in to prevent > the monopoly from abusing its position. The government must only set the > rules of the game and ensure market fairness through their rules. The > government shouldn't participate in the market either with its own entity > or by picking winners and losers through its actions. > > -Matt > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
