From: Benj FitzPatrick <> To: <> Date: Mon, Jul 3, 2006 12:10 PM
Subject: my vote goes for network neutrality  I want network
neutrality, plain and simple. The bandwidth problem surely isn't
a simple one, but I don't think making a tiered internet is a
good solution. I believe this because a large majority of the
bandwidth is being consumed by spam (I believe I've read several
articles on this where it is 30% or more), so a tiered internet
wouldn't do anything to help reduce this problem. Most of the
country has fiber pipes which have more than enough bandwidth;
now all that is needed is to put fiber in the "last mile" so
that it runs to everybody's homes.  Another way I have viewed it
is who I would rather have be in charge, the government or the
businesses. From my experiences with Qwest and SBC/AT&T DSL I
would rather have the government be in charge. Once the telco's
have control there is really nothing that can be done (class
actions make lawyers rich (see the netflix one as an example),
and that's about