[178395] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce H McIntosh)
Fri Feb 27 13:37:09 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:10:31 -0500
From: Bruce H McIntosh <bhm@ufl.edu>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <54F0AE3B.2010209@sprunk.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On 2015-02-27 12:49, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
> This case seems to prove that the telco/cable duopoly can't _always_ buy
> the FCC rulings they desire; every now and then, the US govt surprises
> us and actually represents the people.
*snrk* Really? Ok, I'll let my Inner Cynic out for a romp - the US
government generally tends to represent only itself, which is not
precisely the same thing as the people.
I'll go way out on a limb and post a quote from a polemic snark-piece
recently posted on the Net Neutrality decision:
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"Why is this so difficult to understand? When forced to choose between
big corporations and big government, you should never choose big
government because whatever you don’t like about the big corporations
WILL ALSO BE PRESENT IN BIG GOVERNMENT, ONLY WORSE, AND WITH GUNS."
===
And when the big corporations and the big government are thoroughly
cross-pollinated, we're doubly screwed. Rest assured, the Verizons and
AT&Ts in the world will make out just FINE as the FCC starts regulating
the crap out of the situation. The Rest of Us™? Probably not so much. :)
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Bruce H. McIntosh bhm@ufl.edu
Senior Network Engineer http://net-services.ufl.edu
University of Florida Network Services 352-273-1066
