Comments on: The (Un)Free Press Calls for Internet Price Controls: “The Broadband Internet Fairness Act”

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George Ou Sets the Record Straight on Bandwidth Usage Caps — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:35:41 +0000

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By: ¿Es malo que pague más quien más consume?

¿Es malo que pague más quien más consume? — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:59:43 +0000

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By: eee_eff

eee_eff — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:34:21 +0000

Adam:

There exists public institutions that provide for the free flow of information. You've probably used one, and they are very popular. They are called libraries.

If the free flow of information is deemed to be an important social good, why not use the institution of a library as a template for the provision of broadband services?

What is free broadband but the up to date digital version of a library? (In fact several libraries in my area have started to offer free wifi) Why is that any different than the computers that I can check out and login to and use at the library?

Are you against public libraries too?

By: eee_eff

eee_eff — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:34:21 +0000

By: eee_eff

eee_eff — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:34:21 +0000

By: Free Press Hypocrisy over Metering & Internet Price Controls | The Technology Liberation Front

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:04:37 +0000

[...] response to my essay last night about this new Free Press campaign to layer price controls on the Internet by banning metered [...]

By: mwendy

mwendy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:54:34 +0000

Adam, it may not matter that this law gets passed. The FCC probably has the authority – provided its follows the APA – to change Computer III and thus allow full Title 2 regulation of the Internet. The unFree press is just going about a belt-and- suspender approach to pubic interest lobbying.

Sadly, this is the flavor in Washington these days. Broadband for everyone fits in line with the desire of Change to work into our governing assumptions FDR's Second Bill of Rights – “positive” grants of rights which collide with others, but which place policymakers in the catbird seat.