At least six bills before Congress deal with an issue that leaves many confused and involves a lot of money, constant spin doctoring, and now Hillary Clinton. No, we’re not talking about HillaryCare redux or Whitewater, but “net neutrality,” a concept being used to trick Americans into accepting regulation of the Internet. Supporters say net neutrality would protect consumers’ rights to surf wherever they want on the Net. That is pure spin and conceals the real purpose of net neutrality legislation: to lock broadband providers into a single business model that will make companies like Google and Yahoo richer.
The premise of the article is just false. She claims that this would disallow the broadband providers from charging more for their service. That is wrong. Everyone alredy pays for their bandwidth. The question is whether the providers can charge more for high bandwidth customers, even though they already pay for their bandwidth. I wonder if [the author] is associated with the telecom lobby, because I don't know anyone who agrees with her argument other than the telcos.
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Will Congress Serve up ‘Hillary Net?’
Posted by: Sonia Arrison May 26, 2006 05:00 AMAt least six bills before Congress deal with an issue that leaves many confused and involves a lot of money, constant spin doctoring, and now Hillary Clinton. No, we’re not talking about HillaryCare redux or Whitewater, but “net neutrality,” a concept being used to trick Americans into accepting regulation of the Internet. Supporters say net neutrality would protect consumers’ rights to surf wherever they want on the Net. That is pure spin and conceals the real purpose of net neutrality legislation: to lock broadband providers into a single business model that will make companies like Google and Yahoo richer.