Re: The arguments on the other side -- in favor of a prioritized internet
by
Eric Johnson
My quick feedback:
#1) No more so than assuming the FTC, SEC, or state Attorneys General.
#2) Demonstrably true based on past ten years around the explosion of internet usage.
#3) How are they free-riding, if they're paying for ISP services? ISPs already adjust their customers bandwidth based on how much they pay per month.
#4) Inventions like RSS, Atom, BEEP, Skype/VOIP, IM all have been tremendously useful to the development of the internet, and are completely separate from the network itself.... Is the innovation really in the laying of the wires, or what is carried by the wires. I think the latter is demonstrably true based on the current state.
#5) All markets are regulated. "Unreglated" markets usually fail - in that monopolies and criminals intervene to "regulate" in ways that are quite inefficient. The question is always how much regulation, and why? Is it the minimum regulation necessary to be effective, and can it be enforced?
My quick feedback:
#1) No more so than assuming the FTC, SEC, or state Attorneys General.
#2) Demonstrably true based on past ten years around the explosion of internet usage.
#3) How are they free-riding, if they're paying for ISP services? ISPs already adjust their customers bandwidth based on how much they pay per month.
#4) Inventions like RSS, Atom, BEEP, Skype/VOIP, IM all have been tremendously useful to the development of the internet, and are completely separate from the network itself.... Is the innovation really in the laying of the wires, or what is carried by the wires. I think the latter is demonstrably true based on the current state.
#5) All markets are regulated. "Unreglated" markets usually fail - in that monopolies and criminals intervene to "regulate" in ways that are quite inefficient. The question is always how much regulation, and why? Is it the minimum regulation necessary to be effective, and can it be enforced?
#6) Don't know, not an economist.
#7) See #5