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Administration Pushes Ahead With Internet Takeover

From Tim Andrews on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 4:12 PM
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 As if the disappointment of the budget wasn’t enough, supporters of a free and robust economy were again disappointed yesterday when President Obama, in his “youtube” interview, stated he remained committed to government regulation of the internet:                          

Well, I'm a big believer in net neutrality. I campaigned on this. I continue to be a strong supporter of it. .. so this is something we're committed to.
Indeed, despite the public outcry against this power-grab, despite all the evidence that it will slow internet speeds, stifle innovation, and destroy jobs, President Obama seems determined to stay the course.
 
The irony, of course, is that this was uttered on the very internet that President Obama and FCC chairman Julius Genachowski wish to regulate and shut down. Make no mistake, once we begin replacing network administrators with bureaucrats, once we start telling companies how to structure their networks, once we start outlawing efficient management, then online productivity will grind to a halt. The hard-left ideological radicals will rejoice, for equality will be achieved – no-one will have a good internet connection. And all Americans will suffer. 

 

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Tim, what specifically is wrong with net neutrality? Please elaborate on why you don't think we deserve it. The last time I looked it was the AT&T, Verizon and Comcast crowd who were trying to have fast special ramps for those who can afford it or for their favorite traffic, relegating everyone else to the space left over in one cluttered pipe. Already these corporations have been caught censoring public traffic and website messages they disagreed with. From what I understand it was WE the people who funded the research and development of the Internet and handed it over to these companies to manage and make profits from. Just like the airwaves they must follow certain rules for this privilege.
>> Eric Bischoff Wednesday, February 3, 2010 12:44 PM

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