http://www.adfinemfidelis.net/mongrel/2006/06/should-the-net-be-like-railroads-or-the-interstates/ Thoughts on teaching, politics, life in general Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.adfinemfidelis.net/mongrel/2006/06/should-the-net-be-like-railroads-or-the-interstates/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Doug Natelson Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:01:29 +0000 http://www.adfinemfidelis.net/mongrel/2006/06/16/should-the-net-be-like-railroads-or-the-interstates/#comment-6 Net neutrality is a no-brainer to anyone not in the pocket of the telecommunications industry. It's true that we could drop the current system and have everything be fee-for-service, but I've yet to hear anyone explain to me how that transition is actually going to work. Here I am at a university; are my packets going to be delayed relative to others unless my university forks over extra cash to SBC? Net neutrality is a no-brainer to anyone not in the pocket of the telecommunications industry. It’s true that we could drop the current system and have everything be fee-for-service, but I’ve yet to hear anyone explain to me how that transition is actually going to work. Here I am at a university; are my packets going to be delayed relative to others unless my university forks over extra cash to SBC?

]]> http://www.adfinemfidelis.net/mongrel/2006/06/should-the-net-be-like-railroads-or-the-interstates/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Amelia Sat, 17 Jun 2006 02:07:34 +0000 http://www.adfinemfidelis.net/mongrel/2006/06/16/should-the-net-be-like-railroads-or-the-interstates/#comment-5 OMG, that was so long. OMG, that was so long.

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