FCC and the internet

[Amedee Van Gasse (ub)]

On Thu, October 22, 2009 15:53, Steve Furbish wrote:
> Sense Hofstede wrote:
>> What is it with you all that you keep seeing the state as pure evil,
>> even though it ought to represent you, be made up of you, whereas
>> companies are universally good?
>>
>
> In theory you would expect it to be the other way around. Private
> industry should be taking care of itself and government should be
> protecting the interests of the citizenry. The problem is that even
> obvious corruption has become acceptable these days. Government's main
> interest seems to have shifted from protecting the country to
> maintaining it's own power and the individual wealth of it's members.
> Corporations now use powerful lobbies to gain government favor without
> much concern for the actual welfare of the customer.

Perhaps this is true in your country, but it's not globally true.

> I think I can support the concept of net neutrality but with a healthy
> dose of prescribed restraint (elected oversight) placed on the FCC as
> well.

In every good working democracy with separation of powers it is normally
the job of a parliament with elected representatives (legislative branch)
to oversee government agencies (executive branch).

What you are saying about elected oversight is the normal situation. So
actually you have no more arguments to oppose the concept of net
neutrality. You're only worried about details in the implementation.

Let me break you some news: all of us who are pro net neutrality (inside
and outside your country) are also concerned that a government agency
might screw up. But for us the glass is half full, for you it's half
empty.