How the net was lost
Those who currently struggle to maintain what is called “Net Neutrality” on the internet I think have taken too limited an approach to their struggle. What they ask is to maintain an existing status quo that had already been eroded from the original promise and potential of the internet against those who wish to change it even further. This to me leaves for a poor negotiating position when congress loves to bridge difference with half measures, and even limited compromise between the current status quo and proposed changes would still be disastrous. This would be much like North American civil libertarian’s discussing which of the remaining of the first 10 amendments they will be forced to accept being discarded versus those they think they can still actually preserve. This to me is a long term losing position to occupy.
The internet today is already divided between a large number who are only allowed to consume and a small number who are permitted to produce. Rather than simply fight to preserve this already unequal status quo, it would be far better to challenge it by fighting to actively restore the rights of all internet users.
Also:
When Internet pioneer Lawrence G. Roberts was developing the technology for the first computer networks, he and his collaborators did not envision video transmissions, but they did predict a demand for equal access.
"We anticipated that there would be a need for equal access and tried to build that into the structure so it would be very hard to avoid," he said in an interview this week.
Now that the Internet has become a necessary communication tool, a multimedia platform, and a high-tech combination town square/international bazaar, millions of Americans are in a battle over who gets access and how.
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