Re:Net neutrality is in jeopardy again
by hedora on Monday May 08, 2017 @11:33AM
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Huh? My college roommate ran a little ISP on top of the POTS network back when compuserve, aol, and prodigy were "the internet" for most people in the US.
He was just some high school kid with little cash when he started the business, and eventually got acquired by one of the 100's (1000's?) of successful local ISPs that replaced the big walled gardens, and gave average people access to TCP/IP.
This was all with "european style top down regulation" of the telcos (which was actually invented and practiced in the US until lobbyists killed it).
He was just some high school kid with little cash when he started the business, and eventually got acquired by one of the 100's (1000's?) of successful local ISPs that replaced the big walled gardens, and gave average people access to TCP/IP.
This was all with "european style top down regulation" of the telcos (which was actually invented and practiced in the US until lobbyists killed it).