Comments on: Dissension Festering in the Net Neutrality Ranks http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/dissension-festering-in-the-net-neutrality-ranks/ Sun, 19 May 2013 00:13:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Skype to FCC: Keep Internet Open & Neutral – GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/dissension-festering-in-the-net-neutrality-ranks/#comment-229212 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:17:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=78078#comment-229212 [...] up with a framework pertaining to broadband and wireless networks and issues of network neutrality. FCC’s has been seeking responses on the sensitive and divisive issues such as reasonable network [...]

]]> By: RJ H http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/dissension-festering-in-the-net-neutrality-ranks/#comment-229211 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:50:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=78078#comment-229211 So then the FCC should already be stepping up? There isn’t a competitive market when you only get to choose from two players doing the exact same thing over different technologies. The fact is that the telecoms have divvied up the US and refuse to compete in each other’s markets. Perhaps 4G rollouts *might* make a dent in company practices, but it’s doubtful, considering the same telcos that want to fight net neutrality are also running our cell networks.

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/dissension-festering-in-the-net-neutrality-ranks/#comment-229210 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:09:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=78078#comment-229210 There are existing antitrust laws at both the state and federal levels for addressing anticompetitive behavior; we shouldn’t require any new laws to make unlawful that which is already unlawful.

]]> By: Brett Glass http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/dissension-festering-in-the-net-neutrality-ranks/#comment-229209 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:53:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=78078#comment-229209 The only practices that the FCC should prohibit are anticompetitive ones. So long as there is a competitive market, customers will vote with their wallets and their feet and will keep companies honest. Government should not intervene except in the case of monopoly leverage (which ISPs do not have, but Google, for example, does).

]]> By: Christian M http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/dissension-festering-in-the-net-neutrality-ranks/#comment-229208 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:58:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=78078#comment-229208 This is an important piece of analysis because it acknowledges the value of having some sort of reasonable network management practice while elevating the challenge of making sure it isn’t too big a loophole or too big a burden.

It makes one ask: is this an issue that is best dealt with by periodically smacking down an ISP or by trying to thread the needle on regulations like this? Given the FCC’s lack of expertise in this area I think there is a lot of risk in letting the FCC regulate. It is a tough nut to crack.

Good post.

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