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Submitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2006-09-29 09:01
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2006-09-27 08:52
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2006-09-25 15:59
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2006-09-22 17:54
Industry proponents of Net neutrality come almost exclusively from the tech sector, where there is a well known "first mover advantage" that tends to create "highly concentrated markets" -- if one narrowly defines them like the neutr-elitists do for broadband.
Interestingly, the tech sector doesn't call for legislation to regulate their own highly concentrated tech markets. Let's review tech markets with their newfound and self-serving definition of market failure, as a market where most of the share is held by two players:
What about the software operating system market? We'll be kind and say Apple makes it a duopoly by tech's definition.
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2006-09-21 17:46
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2006-09-20 14:15
The recent high tech letter to Senate leaders against net neutrality is very helpful because it shows that many Silicon Valley and high tech companies also oppose preemptive net neutrality legislation.
This letter had a simple clear message: that no Internet regulation has been key to the Internet's success; that "correcting a nebulous concern many have severe unintended consequences"; and that net neutrality legislation could discourage investment in broadband networks.
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2006-09-20 11:33
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2006-09-19 10:23
The FCC wireless broadband auction has concluded the largest and most successful auction of spectrum in U.S. history.
Why is this relevant to net neutrality? Proponents of NN argue that a broadband duopoly exists, stubbornly refusing to acknowlege that wireless broadband is a real competitor to DSL and cable modem. (They sound a lot like the same luddites who argued over the last ten years that cell phones would not be direct competitors to landlines. ...Have those folks noticed the precipitous decline in the availability of pay phones because 210 million americans have cell phones? Or did they know the fact that there are now more wireless users than wireline users and more wireless minutes than wireline minutes?)
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2006-09-19 10:06
Net neutrality is not a grass roots issue but a special interest and Washington Centric issue. SavetheInternet loves to claim this is a grassroots phenomenon and that because there is lots of blogging and e-petition signers that net neutrality is gaining momentum. Malarkey!
Two points of evidence strongly suggest that net neutrality is a special interest driven issue and not a grassroots groundswell.
First is the new bipartisan poll conducted by Democratic firm Glover Park and Republican Public Opinion Strategies. It said that only 7% of those polled had ever heard or seen anything on the issue net neutrality!
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2006-09-18 16:00
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