NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Verizon CEO calls Net Neutrality advocates "digital elites" - and more
Verizon CEO calls Net Neutrality advocates "digital elites" - and more http://bit.ly/3FGGQi (Industry Standard) Uh, looking about, I sure can't find anything "elite" around here. And as for "dumb pipes" -- apparently Ivan was never a subscriber of Verizon's ancestor, General "It's not the same old line" Telephone. Seriously, an important aspect driving the net neutrality push is the *history* of how Big Telecom has behaved over the years. If you don't know history, you don't know who you're really dealing with. With Big Telecom, you're dealing with organizations that usually began as monopolies, who in some cases were serial liars to government agencies. Service deployment promises made to areas, then promises broken, with no penalties. Cherry picking of areas for advanced services -- plus threats that they'll take their ball and go home unless they can make all the rules -- and then not even telling subscribers what the rules are or how the field is laid out! That's why *transparency* is so important a part of what's missing in the current Internet access landscape. Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it. But you already knew that. --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator