Edwardlbaker (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The only thing more egregious than having ISP's intrude on consumer's network activities is having the Federal government do it over the ISP's. Internet Service Providers are merely corporations in an oligopolist marketplace whereas the Federal government is the single largest and most powerful entity in the country with the ability to create and enforce legislation that may potentially be unconstitutional and harmful to both consumers and producers alike.

RIAAInformant (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@tegl1nNot if those point A to B packets contain copyrighted information.We reserve the right to shut down your Internet access and reject proposals to upgrade or service decayed infrastructure, if said lines are being used to pirate copyrighted content such as illegal digital copies of music and movies.

SGTProduction (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Half MAN Half BEAR Half PIG. Controlling the internet is very bad... MMMKKK ????

ShowtimeLakers87 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is probably the only thing I agree with Al Gore on. I can't stand the global warming theory that seeks to tax people.

olstar18 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@jjrglobal You have yet to make a coherent connection between telling isps that they can not restrict what websites or programs we are allowed to use and censorship. And historicaly there has been a great deal of censorship in the united states but as time passes those laws have been declared unconstitutional one after the other. Oh and you still havn't made a connection between net neutrality and censorship. Censorship in other countries has nothing to do with a Net Neutrality bill here.

jjrglobal (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@olstar18 Australia and New Zealand. China's government also "regulates" its internet. Any place on the planet that censors content is an example because it is all done by the government. Private businesses are not the culprit. By giving the Fed Gov control it will eventually lead to censorship, maybe not right away, but eventually. History proves my point. Why do you trust the government, not just ours but any of them. You know corporations dont invade other countries and massacre millions

olstar18 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@jjrglobal Oh and you still havn't shown me anything connecting net neutrality and censorship.

olstar18 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@jjrglobal And your only problem with net neutrality is paranoia. Look in the yellow pages I'm sure you'll find a nice psychiatrist to talk to you and give you plenty of drugs.

jjrglobal (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@olstar18 Oh yeah, since government has a good track record of giving back power once they realize they fucked up!!LOL you have git to be fuckin kiddin right?

jjrglobal (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@jjrglobal R U trying to judge my political leanings by my name. JJR are my initials and the name of the company I work for is Trans Global Energy, but since it must mean so much to you, I couldn't stand Bush, but I love him compared to Obama. Im a Ron Paul Austro Libertarian that understands government fucks up everything it touchs and leaves a hell of a lot of bodies in its wake. I wonder how many people like you were around in Russia right before the Bolsheviks took power. I bet millions