Net Neutrality: Yes? No?

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Personally I feel that the NetNeuter advocates are breaking the cardinal rule: If it aint broke … dont fix it.
IMHO the people on the commission for net neutrality are working hard to create a job for themselves in this down economy and using fear of an imaginary dragon to make their case. Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry and George tried to sell the idea to the network of a show about nothing.

foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/21/need-care-net-neutrality/
 
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IMHO the people on the commission for net neutrality are working hard to create a job for themselves in this down economy and using fear of an imaginary dragon to make their case.
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I don’t believe it’s an imaginary dragon. ISP’s already have a tiered billing system for internet speed.
 
The FCC is overstepping its bounds in the case, as Congress refused to implement it legislatively and the Supreme Court has essentially ruled it unconstitutional. I expect that John Boenner will have something to say to the FCC director when the 112th Congress is sworn in next month. I expect Congressional oversight hearings. I expect a great deal of puffery about threatenin their budget. I expect the President to strut around daring the Congress to do something about it. In the end, Congress will do nothing, the President will march on with his tyrannical march to Emperorship, and Texas will secede from the “union”.
 
The term Net Neutrality has been used so loosely in recent arguments that it has become an almost meaningless term. It’s original use was a call to prohibit Internet Service Providers from selectively favoring or hindering access to various sites. It was a request to treat all internet traffic impartially. For example, Comcast would be prohibited from providing fast service to NBC (who they may soon own), while relegating Catholic.com (or a competitor’s sites) to slower speeds.
 
More government is almost never good.

What would it be like if we disolved the FCC? (Other than the $352.5 million in tax money that would be saved)
 
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