Governments shouldn’t have a monopoly on Internet governance

Re:Governments shouldn’t have a monopoly on Internet governance by iwwr on Friday December 17, 2010 @12:56PM (#2017014)

While ISPs can stiff their customers, they have the option of switching. There is no escaping from legislation, however.

If there is a doctrine of "no regulation/no legislation", corporations would have less of an incentive to mess with the political process (less rent-seeking behavior).

Net neutrality, while ostensibly a pro-consumer piece of legislation, nonetheless opens the door for future regulation (and yes, of censorship) of this space.

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Re:Governments shouldn’t have a monopoly on Internet governance by metageek on Friday December 17, 2010 @01:02PM (#2017028)

>While ISPs can stiff their customers, they have the option of switching.

Not really. I'm on Comcast. I hate Comcast. But my only other option is 384kbps DSL, which is just not good enough any more.

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