On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:38:33 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Can you say "abuse of monopoly power"?  Yes, Comcast should be required
>> to behave in a manner that doesn't permit them to abuse their monopoly,
>> which includes dictating what traffic I can or cannot use.
> 
> *Especially* since the *reason* they have a monopoly is that the
> government passed laws *giving* them a monopoly.
> 
> If there were actually ten or twenty competing high-speed ISPs from
> which to chose, your position might make sense. When the government says
> "Sorry, TW won the bid, you don't get to run any connectivity here", it
> seems perfectly reasonable to use the same government to make TW behave
> in a fair manner.

Yup on all points. :-)

Jim

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