[opendtv] Re: ACA: Net Rules Fail Unless Applied To Edge Providers | Multichannel
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 01:44:12 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>> Not nearly as essential, since everyone should have access to multiple
>> search engines, ...
> Not essential?
>
> I think we would all agree that it is wrong for an ISP to block access to
> a web site.
And next, you'll address the best way to cook spinach? Craig, stay on topic.
The question here was government controls over search engines. That's not as
essential as Title II for the locally monopolistic broadband access networks.
Search engines can easily determine which sites get most hits. That's why it
pays not to be beholden to just one.
> And you think regulating the ISP oligopoly using Title II is going to
> change this?
Of course, just as it was Title II that permitted the Internet to start out as
a neutral medium, and for that notion to become understood and cherished by the
average joe. The same average joe who had lived for decades with non-neutral,
proprietary, TV content distribution media.
It was only the Title II neutrality of dial-up Internet access that made that
possible, Craig.
Bert
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