Like a firewall, antivirus, proxies, and poor routing; Government regulation of the internet slows down the exchange of information. It isolates the discovery of innovative methodology. It prevents people from communicating. As a person who first used a 110 baud acoustic modem and found himself typing to a person in Vienna, Austria on an amber monitor, I know the value of instant communication that allows for the barriers of social stigmas to fall away. Since those days, we’ve ended up on a cable line at a speedy 16 Gb/s, and a WiFi LAN at 10 Gb’s which can be upgraded when 802.11n drops on the market, my phone transitions between 3G networks, and WiFi networks, my laptop weights only 2.5 lbs and has a 7 hour battery. These innovations, I argue, are caused by the proliferation and adoption of the Internet as a marketing, communication, education, and commerce foundation.
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A quote within the page that I agree with most is this one:
The fact is that we face great challenges as a nation right now, including health care, education, energy, and public safety. While the Internet alone will not provide a complete solution to any of them, it can and must play a critical role in solving each one.
I have to agree, 100%. There are no better solutions to expand education, optimize health care, and deliver public safety information, than the internet. It is fast, reliable, and can deliver the key thoughts as I’ve said above… without the barrier that the messenger itself may create. Research information has always been exchanged across the internet, most papers are done through electronic research in the last three schools I’ve been to.
We can’t turn bandwidth into a commodity, ENRON attempted to do that. And like any money making endeavor; if an exploit [arbitrage] situation can be created, it will be. And it will be exploited. The various bubbles, and criminal acts of businesses have not made their impact felt apparently.
Free the Internet.
From: Techmeme (Follow these links to get additional perspectives)
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