Jeff Perren
2008-12-29 09:40:15
The facilities provided by ISPs and others are private property. They have the moral right to set the terms of their use, whether in cost, bandwidth consumption or any other aspect.
They have, of course, no incentive to regulate content access and don’t try to do so.
The ‘Net Neutrality’ movement is a control-oriented idea, not one compatible with the free market.
If I were a conspiracy fan, I’d think the author is just such an advocate of control, attempting to sell the idea to the opposition on the basis of favorable sounding ideas. At the very least, he’s very confused about what is an actual free market. The important portion of that phrase is the first word.
