http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/06/22/tim-berners-lee-wades-into-neutrality-debate/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:26:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/06/22/tim-berners-lee-wades-into-neutrality-debate/#comment-1577 Anonymous Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:37:34 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1586#comment-1577 Indeed, Mark's comments raise very valid points. Do we really want to forgo the free market here in order to turn the internet over to the government? The very nature of the internet screams against this--the internet is fast-paced, constantly changing, and innovates almost by itself faster than we can keep up with. Can you imagine putting something such as that into the hands of one of the largest, slowest moving bureaucratic bodies on the face of the planet? It just doesn't make sense. Indeed, Mark's comments raise very valid points. Do we really want to forgo the free market here in order to turn the internet over to the government?
The very nature of the internet screams against this–the internet is fast-paced, constantly changing, and innovates almost by itself faster than we can keep up with. Can you imagine putting something such as that into the hands of one of the largest, slowest moving bureaucratic bodies on the face of the planet? It just doesn't make sense.

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/06/22/tim-berners-lee-wades-into-neutrality-debate/#comment-1576 Anonymous Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:37:58 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1586#comment-1576 Money-hungry carriers with lots of political clout? C'mon Mark... you're starting to sound communist there. Nobody calls you a money-hungry journalist because you choose to get paid. If net-neutrality people think they have a better business model, let them put in their own networks. Then, they can decide how they charge for services. But that isn't what they want. They want carriers to give up the right to charge what the market will bear for a competitive service. Or they want my tax dollars to be used for a city to compete against the private sector. Snap quiz: name a public sector civil works project since the beginning of time that has ever been run as well and maintained as well - long run - as the private sector? Money-hungry carriers with lots of political clout? C'mon Mark… you're starting to sound communist there. Nobody calls you a money-hungry journalist because you choose to get paid.
If net-neutrality people think they have a better business model, let them put in their own networks. Then, they can decide how they charge for services. But that isn't what they want.
They want carriers to give up the right to charge what the market will bear for a competitive service. Or they want my tax dollars to be used for a city to compete against the private sector.
Snap quiz: name a public sector civil works project since the beginning of time that has ever been run as well and maintained as well - long run - as the private sector?

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