Jeff Jensen wrote: > I agree. > > > On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:41:14 -0500 > Harry Penner <hpenner at gmail.com> wrote: > >> At the risk of flames: the Internet as we know it has >> flourished in >> large part because its original sponsor, the federal >> government, has >> mostly left it alone. Why do we think adding government >> regulations >> to it will make it better (or preserve the freedom we >> enjoy on it)? >> Generally speaking, doesn't regulation take away freedom >> rather than >> increasing it, by definition? I'm no futurist but it >> seems to me that >> putting restrictions on the big guys is likely to affect >> us little >> guys in some unforeseen but unpleasant way. >> >> Sorry if the above sounds trollish but I just think we >> should be >> careful what we ask for. With companies you can >> usually vote with >> your feet to try to change or avoid their bad behavior, >> but >> regulations are usually universal and forever... And >> the regs will >> surely by written by people not nearly as close to or as >> thoughtful >> about the problem as we tclug'ers... >> >> Seems to me we ought to show up and tell the FCC to keep >> their paws off us. >> >> -Harry >> >> On Aug 19, 2010, at 9:52, Brian <goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com> >> wrote: >> >> >>> There will be a hearing on the Net Neutrality here in >>> the Twin Cities. >>> >>> >>> http://savetheinternet.com/mnhearing >>> >>> >>> I am not associated with this, just thought people would >>> be interested >>> to know. >>> >>> ==>brian. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > Really? You want corporations to control the content you have access to on the Internet? Tom