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Free Software Magazine: How the Net was Lost

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 21, 2006

[ Thanks to Dave Guard for this
link. ]

“Those who currently struggle to maintain what is called ‘Net
Neutrality’ on the internet I think have taken too limited an
approach to their struggle. What they ask is to maintain an
existing status quo that had already been eroded from the original
promise and potential of the internet against those who wish to
change it even further. This to me leaves for a poor negotiating
position when congress loves to bridge difference with half
measures, and even limited compromise between the current status
quo and proposed changes would still be disastrous. This would be
much like North American civil libertarian’s discussing which of
the remaining of the first 10 amendments they will be forced to
accept being discarded versus those they think they can still
actually preserve. This to me is a long term losing position to
occupy…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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