Corn growers oppose Net Neutrality

[xoxoxoBruce]

The corn growers hired Lmg to look after their interests in Washington. Looks to me like LMG is namedropping other clients, to support the case for their cable clients.

If your lawyer sent you a letter to sign, telling you it was in your best interest, you'd probably sign it even if you didn't completely understand it's implications. That's why the corn growers, and we, hire experts.

[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

If your lawyer sent you a letter to sign, telling you it was in your best interest, you'd probably sign it even if you didn't completely understand it's implications.

The hell I would.

V? You think "agnostic" isn't an incendiary term? Pfft.

I'm in favor of network neutrality. The kind of packet-shaping they're talking about is onlya couple steps removed from censorship, and that's not a positoin the ISPs want to be in (whether they know it or not).

Please note, though, that I make a distinction between this kind of activity on the part of the ISP, and the same things done by companies and individuals on their own networks.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

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V? You think "agnostic" isn't an incendiary term? Pfft.

Not my observation, from the article.

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

I'm in favor of network neutrality. The kind of packet-shaping they're talking about is onlya couple steps removed from censorship, and that's not a positoin the ISPs want to be in (whether they know it or not).

Please note, though, that I make a distinction between this kind of activity on the part of the ISP, and the same things done by companies and individuals on their own networks.

I agree on all points. Net neutrality, protocol agnosticism, whatever you want to call it, I'm *strongly* in favor of that on the open internet.

I also agree with your exception noted for private networks.