[colug-432] Net Neutrality

[Jeff Frontz]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:32 AM, tom <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wonder what the downside of reclassifying broadband as a public utility
> would be? Unintended consequences?
>

The only negative I can think of is that the incentive to innovate goes
away -- you're guaranteed a rate of return regardless of how much you push
the envelope.

Given our data rates (compared to most third-world nations), I'm not too
worried about stifling innovation-- it seems to have died a while ago.

Jeff
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