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Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality
From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 07:29:06 -0700
Having an actual free market would require having competition. So long as we have monopoly layer 1 providers being allowed to use that monopoly as leverage for higher layer service monopolies, (or oligopolies), an actual free market is virtually impossible. The result of deregulating the current environment would only be more pain and cost to the consumer than we currently have with no improvement in speeds or capabilities and no additional innovation. Owen On May 14, 2014, at 6:05 PM, Matt Palmer <mpalmer () hezmatt org> wrote:
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 07:01:36PM -0500, Larry Sheldon wrote:Maybe it is time to try a free market.Can't do that, it would be UnAmerican! - Matt -- I can only guess that the designer of the things had a major Toilet Duck habit and had managed to score a couple of industrial-sized bottles of the stuff the night before. -- Tanuki
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- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality Larry Sheldon (May 14)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality Matt Palmer (May 14)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality Owen DeLong (May 15)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality Matt Palmer (May 15)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here... Hugo Slabbert (May 14)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here... Matthew Petach (May 15)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here... Rick Astley (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here... Owen DeLong (May 16)