Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality

Fri Feb 27 17:44:28 UTC 2015

On 2/27/2015 10:43, wbn wrote:
>
>> On Feb 27, 2015, at 7:21 AM, Bob Evans
>> <bob at FiberInternetCenter.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Just think of all that innovation and investment that's been
>>> "stifled" over the last 50 years under Title II. Anyone remember
>>> having to "rent" their rotary phones from AT&T?
>>
>> Yes, I am that old. You were not allowed to connect a phone of your
>> own.
>
> Me too - I remember when my Dad got the nasty call from AT&T because
> he plugged in an unauthorized phone in the house - I guess they could
> tell from the additional resistance on the line. But the phone system
> worked pretty reliably back then - can’t say the same about today’s
> misc mash of systems.

We could could the number of ringers.

>
> Anyway, back to the topic… this looks like most telecom debates:
> people latch onto one side or the other, the fight is in the context
> (problem statement and the definitions) but underneath it all there
> are actually reasonable perspectives on each side.

"reasonable perspectives" are dependent on "side"--not many will be from 
MY side.

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