[171285] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they could
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Fri Apr 25 09:23:41 2014
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <5359EB4F.50405@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:23:20 -0400
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Apr 25, 2014, at 00:57 , Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net> wrote:
> I just posted a completely empty message for which I apologize.
>=20
>> Larry is confused. He can claim he is not, but posting to NANOG does
>> not change the facts. Then again, just because I posted to NANOG
>> doesn't prove I'm right either. Worst of all, this thread is pretty
>> non-operational now.
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> In a private message I asked if he could name a single monopoly that =
existed without regulation to protect its monopoly power.
I answered in a private message: Microsoft.
Kinda obvious if you think about it for, oh, say, 12 microseconds.
> Which were "Anyone afraid what will happen when companies which have =
monopolies can charge content providers or guarantee packet loss?" and =
"How is this good for the consumer?" and "How is this good for the =
market?"
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> My answer was an attempt to say that if you don't have any government =
entities allowing and protecting (two pretty much interchangeable terms, =
I prefer the latter) monopolies the answer to the first question is =
"Huh? What?" and to the second and third "Best service for the best =
price is pretty good for everybody. Except the losers that can't rip =
you off without the FCC protection."
While it is probably true that the gov't had a hand in the fact I have =
exactly one BB provider at my home, I am not even closed to convinced =
that a purely open market would not have resulted in the same problem. =
But thanx for pointing out an answer I probably missed.
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TTFN,
patrick
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