Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

[owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong)]

Having an actual free market would require having competition. So long as we have monopoly layer 1 providers being allowed to use that monopoly as leverage for higher layer service monopolies, (or oligopolies), an actual free market is virtually impossible.

The result of deregulating the current environment would only be more pain and cost to the consumer than we currently have with no improvement in speeds or capabilities and no additional innovation.

Owen

On May 14, 2014, at 6:05 PM, Matt Palmer <mpalmer at hezmatt.org> wrote:

> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 07:01:36PM -0500, Larry Sheldon wrote:
>> Maybe it is time to try a free market.
> 
> Can't do that, it would be UnAmerican!
> 
> - Matt
> 
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