In the president’s logic, and that of the Internet content companies that are the most aggressive supporters of net neutrality, just as your electric utility has no say in how you use the electricity they sell you, the Internet should be a reliable way to access content produced by anyone, regardless of whether they have any special business arrangement with the utility. Those arguing against net neutrality, most significantly the cable companies, say the Internet will be a richer experience if the profit motive applies, if they can negotiate deals with major content providers (the equivalent of cable channels) so that Netflix or Hulu or other streaming services that use huge bandwidth have to pay for the privilege. - Neil Irwin I tend to agree with this view. The questions are: Do we want the Internet to be more like the electric utilities? Or more like the cable companies> Do you want to be able to use the Internet to look at whatever you want whenever you want? Or do you want your ISP to make those determinations for you? Do you want to pay an amount similar to your electric bill for your Internet access? Or do you want to pay the equivalent of a cable bill -- with HBO, Showtime, Sports packages, etc.? Because this is really what its all about. The cable companies couldnt care less what you do on the Internet. Their only interest is in making sure that they extract every possible dollar from you for allowing you the privilege of access to the Internet. And the way to do that is to make the Internet more like cable TV and less like a public utility. If you believe that the cable companies model is more in line with your best interests, then you should support the cable companies and be against Net Neutrality. Otherwise . . .
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:50:53 +0000
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