Quote Originally Posted by jIgG View Post
Cingular Wireless, owned by ATT & BellSouth, tacks on some interesting charges to the gills, some of which are not government mandated and have been pointed out to be rather elective, with some people saying they refuse to pay them and the company going with it ... so should these bogus charges not be challenged just because we have to do everything possible to keep the FCC out of our hair?
#1 - Competition is the solution, not slodgy government oversight.

In fact, I would suggest that Net Neutrality will only mean additional fees and taxes and regulatory costs ultimately passed on to the end user.... because in a regulatory environment they can. Look at your phone bill now.... look at the tax you pay for rural access to telephone service. Look at the use fees on your cable bill. etc. etc. etc. Here in Austin, the government "protection" boards that franchise our cable service has made it so that I am years away from enjoying cable TV service offered by phone companies, electric companies etc. But hey, I'm just so happy that I can watch my local over the air TV channels on my cable thanks to "must carry rules"

"Net Neutrality" in practice will mean the same thing for the Internet.

Have you been happy with how FEMA has condicted its operations recently? What about the DOJ? Do you like the new FCC commissioner appointed by the President? How can people complain and complain about these agencies, and at the same time walk to them like a child in a Charles Dickens novel seeking a bowl of gruel?

And yes..... I'd say keeping the FCC out is very important. That is what has made the Internet fundamentally different from other communications technologies, and why Adult businesses like ours have been able to thrive. Why not consider the ramifications of FCC oversight regarding carrying Adult content on the Internet? You don't think that's a possibility?

If you read Cheapdick's article.... I guess it's just a matter of how people view the world.. Some people think that corporations are all the evil, while the government is there to protect us. But I still don't understand how people believe that while simultaneously dislike all the individuals who run the US federal government at the moment. It's as if the think they are the Philosopher King of Plato's Republic.... everything would work if only if only if only they had their people in there following and enacting their belief codes.

How enlightened.

Steve