12 Jul
2017
12 Jul
'17
10:47 p.m.
On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:02:33 +0000, Ian Young wrote:
But opponents say it amounts to an undue restriction on business, that regulation stifles investment in new technology, and that net neutrality laws are outdated. The issue is quite clear: it’s one of “conflict of interest”. ISPs have no business dictating which online services their customers should or shouldn’t use. The Internet is founded on the basic concept that all the smarts reside in the endpoints, while the middle part interconnecting them is pretty much a bunch of dumb pipes. Thus, new services don’t need permission from those who control the network before they can start operating--they just have to attract the customers.