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<p>It is a familiar argument but one with several holes in it.<br>
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A skewed version of network neutrality that doesn't bear much
resemblance to what the original form of net neutrality was, CLECs,
unbundled and traffic discrimination by wholesale isps, and characterized
by at least some of the same innuendo laden politicking, insinuating mens
rea on the part of those they're opposed to.. DPI? Eavesdropping. Spam
filtering? A protection racket.. <br>
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Please read <a
href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/its_the_internet_stupid_i_disagree/">http://www.circleid.com/posts/its_the_internet_stupid_i_disagree/</a><br>
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-srs (htc one x)<br>
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<p>On 27 May 2013 3:23:23 PM "michael gurstein" <gurstein@gmail.com> wrote:</p>
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were going to look for ground zero in the fight against a rapidly
consolidating telecom and cable industry, you might end up on the fifth
floor of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New
York.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Susan Crawford, a professor at the school, has
written a book, “Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power
in the New Gilded Age,” that offers a calm but chilling state-of-play on
the information age in the United States. She is on a permanent campaign,
speaking at schools, conferences and companies — she was at Google last
week — and in front of Congress, asserting that the status quo has been
great for providers but an expensive mess for everyone
else.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Ms. Crawford argues that the airwaves, the cable
systems and even access to the Internet itself have been overtaken by
monopolists who resist innovation and chronically overcharge
consumers. <br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/business/media/telecoms-big-players-hold-back-the-future.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130520&_r=0"><span
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