The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they could enshrine pay-for-play. - The Washington Post

Fri Apr 25 23:16:11 UTC 2014

> Net neutrality is an intervention of the government to protect the 
> monopoly tactics on the part of major players.

I'm confused. Can you elaborate on how net neutrality would protect major players? Do you mean major content providers? Major broadband providers?

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Hugo

> On Apr 25, 2014, at 16:08, "Larry Sheldon" <LarrySheldon at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/25/2014 9:13 AM, Daniel Taylor wrote:
>> 
>> DeBeers Diamond cartel, which operated internationally and held an
>> effective monopoly on the diamond market for *decades* was apparently
>> beyond the reach of regulation to either assist or hinder them, and has
>> only recently faded somewhat in the face of competition that they can't
>> reach with their traditional protective tactics.
> 
> It was governments that aided and abetted their enforcements in what 
> would have been felonies for anybody else.
> 
>> The Standard Oil monopoly was obtained without the special assistance of
>> government as well, though they were broken up by the government. The
>> methods they used should be mandatory study for everyone.
> 
> Standard Oil was not a monopoly in every economist's mind.  They were 
> guilty of providing good products and services at reasonable prices.
> 
>> The AT&T monopoly position *was* granted (and later revoked) by the
>> government.
> 
>> Net neutrality is an intervention of the government to prevent monopoly
>> forming tactics on the part of major players, so I think it is something
>> worth having. It is not (unfortunately) something that is a natural
>> state for the Internet.
> 
> Net neutrality is an intervention of the government to protect the 
> monopoly tactics on the part of major players.
> 
> With this, on the assumption that I will again be tossed off for "Off 
> Topic discussions", I am out.
> 
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