<div id="_htmlarea_default_style_" style="font:10pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif">No, I don't want the government messing
up more things. Its policies create more problems than they solve.<br><br>The free market will take care of this
issue better than anything.<br><br><br>On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:30:15 -0500<br> Tom Poe <tompoe@meltel.net>
wrote:<br>> Jeff Jensen wrote:<br>>> I agree.<br>>><br>>><br>>> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:41:14
-0500<br>>> Harry Penner <hpenner@gmail.com> wrote:<br>>> <br>>>> At the risk of flames:
the Internet as we know it has <br>>>> flourished in<br>>>> large part because its original sponsor,
the federal <br>>>> government, has<br>>>> mostly left it alone. Why do we think adding government
<br>>>> regulations<br>>>> to it will make it better (or preserve the freedom we <br>>>>
enjoy on it)?<br>>>> Generally speaking, doesn't regulation take away freedom <br>>>> rather
than<br>>>> increasing it, by definition? I'm no futurist but it <br>>>> seems to me
that<br>>>> putting restrictions on the big guys is likely to affect <br>>>> us little<br>>>>
guys in some unforeseen but unpleasant way.<br>>>><br>>>> Sorry if the above sounds trollish but I
just think we <br>>>> should be<br>>>> careful what we ask for. With companies you can
<br>>>> usually vote with<br>>>> your feet to try to change or avoid their bad behavior,
<br>>>> but<br>>>> regulations are usually universal and forever... And <br>>>> the regs
will<br>>>> surely by written by people not nearly as close to or as <br>>>>
thoughtful<br>>>> about the problem as we tclug'ers...<br>>>><br>>>> Seems to me we ought to
show up and tell the FCC to keep <br>>>> their paws off us.<br>>>><br>>>>
-Harry<br>>>><br>>>> On Aug 19, 2010, at 9:52, Brian <goeko@Goecke-Dolan.com> <br>>>>
wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> <br>>>>> There will be a hearing on the Net Neutrality here in
<br>>>>> the Twin Cities.<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>>
http://savetheinternet.com/mnhearing<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> I am not associated
with this, just thought people would <br>>>>> be interested<br>>>>> to
know.<br>>>>><br>>>>> ==>brian.<br>>>>><br>>>>>
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<br>> Really? You want corporations to control the content <br>>you have access to <br>> on the
Internet?<br>> Tom<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> TCLUG Mailing List -
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