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There is some genuine concern about any regulations involving the internet.

There is some genuine concern about any regulations involving the internet. But the need for Net Belligerence only arises in stifled and monopolized markets. The solution would be to break open the myriad of rules that make it hard for independent ISPs to expand: from local right-of-way's to utility poles to telecom regulations. When bandwidth is expanding in a Moore's law manner, Net Neutrality begins to be less relevant. ISPs under market forces will expand their network capacity to meet demand. It's monopoly ISPs that want to forego that investment to squeeze out content distributors. In the end, even if Net Neutrality is passed, that still leaves entrenched monopoly ISPs with outdated networks (and terrible customer support). Even if the big ISPs get broken up and get forced to inter-connect, there remains the problem of local regulations, right-of-way's and utility poles (local utilities are also monopolies under political control).

Posted by iwwr on Jun 8, 2014, 9:40 AM

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There is some genuine concern about any regulations involving the internet.

iwwrJun 8, 2014, 9:40 AM

There is some genuine concern about any regulations involving the internet. But the need for Net Belligerence only arises in stifled and monopolized markets. The solution would be to break open the myriad of rules that make it hard for independent ISPs to expand: from local right-of-way's to utility poles to telecom regulations. When bandwidth is expanding in a Moore's law manner, Net Neutrality begins to be less relevant. ISPs under market forces will expand their network capacity to meet demand. It's monopoly ISPs that want to forego that investment to squeeze out content distributors. In the end, even if Net Neutrality is passed, that still leaves entrenched monopoly ISPs with outdated networks (and terrible customer support). Even if the big ISPs get broken up and get forced to inter-connect, there remains the problem of local regulations, right-of-way's and utility poles (local utilities are also monopolies under political control).

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