Wave goodbye to Internet freedom

[Francesca R]

What has the US' land mass or population (by the way--the two work in opposing directions in respect of population density) got to do with it? How are you claiming they impede the US from adopting something like open access?

Every country in the OECD has some form or other of open access requirement except the US. (see section 4, starting page 72 of the global Harvard study (3 MB PDF) I already linked to in post 70). That includes Canada and Australia.

I am far from convinced that your knowledge of telecom regulation is very broad, you seem to be pulling arguments wishfully out of the air.

 

[TFian]

So, in addition to Net Neutrality, political science is another thing you're having trouble understanding.

Pro tip - We're a liberal democracy, a representative democracy, a democratic republic and, in states where referenda are allowed, a direct democracy.

I guess you never heard of the term "we're a republic, not a democracy" huh?

 

[TFian]

So, exactly how are they going to get that cable underground if I decide that I don't want people watching that nasty pornography stuff that is all the internet is about?
I am not letting them put the line through my property!

Then there won't be any pornography.

 

[dudalb]

I guess you never heard of the term "we're a republic, not a democracy" huh?

Funny, but the people who use that line inevitably want to restrict voting to a small group....generally, those who agree with their views.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

I guess you never heard of the term "we're a republic, not a democracy" huh?

I've been hearing it for years, mostly said by people who don't know what the hell they're talking about.

 

[Nosi]

So is the internet enslaved yet?

Enslaved? Wish someone would have a chat with my spam-box!

 

[TFian]

Funny, but the people who use that line inevitably want to restrict voting to a small group....generally, those who agree with their views.

We already do, felons, certain immigrants, children. You think everyone here should be allowed to vote?

 

[TFian]

I've been hearing it for years, mostly said by people who don't know what the hell they're talking about.

Were the founding fathers believers in a Republic or a democracy? Who could vote during the early days of our nation?

 

[Alan]

About the problem of cables in an ultra-libertarian countries, would satellite internet solve that problem?

 

[Newtons Bit]

About the problem of cables in an ultra-libertarian countries, would satellite internet solve that problem?

Sure, but how do you propose uploading?

 

[TFian]

About the problem of cables in an ultra-libertarian countries, would satellite internet solve that problem?

I say let the free market fix those issues.

Generally speaking, the free market fixes all.

 

[dudalb]

I say let the free market fix those issues.

Generally speaking, the free market fixes all.

You keep saying that and refuse to give specifics of how the Free Market would handle specific problems.
Sounds like an act of Faith to me...and last time I looked Objectivists (followers of Ayn Rand) consider Faith to be Evil with a capital E.

 

[Newtons Bit]

I say let the free market fix those issues.

Generally speaking, the free market fixes all.

Except when it doesn't. Markets where there is an extremely high barrier to entry, such as any industry that sells private infrastructure, don't follow a free market behaviors as there is very little competition.

 

[Alan]

Sure, but how do you propose uploading?

A centralised government-run uploading office.

 

[Newtons Bit]

A centralised government-run uploading office.

Heh.

 

[Random]

I say let the free market fix those issues.

Generally speaking, the free market fixes all.

The free market doesn't really "fix" anything. The free market sits back, does nothing, then declares whatever the end result is "the solution". It's like an ER doctor doing nothing when a patient is brought in, and when the patient dies, the doctor declares him "stable".

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

Were the founding fathers believers in a Republic or a democracy? Who could vote during the early days of our nation?

Do you seriously think you know what you're talking about better than Alexis de Tocqueville?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America

 

[WildCat]

I say let the free market fix those issues.

Generally speaking, the free market fixes all.

I'm still waiting for an example of such a free market solution to the problem.

Will you be offering one any time soon, or are platitudes all you have?

 

[I Am The Scum]

About the problem of cables in an ultra-libertarian countries, would satellite internet solve that problem?

Hmmm... Who owns the upper atmosphere?

 

[TFian]

A centralised government-run uploading office.

Talk about Big Brother redux.