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An opening for meaningful discussion.

By Jorge Bauermeister – September 2, 2010

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I’ve been looking forward to a restful Labor Day weekend, and it just got a little better.   Seeing that the FCC is slowing down and not rushing any decisions on Net Neutrality is good for anyone who cares about the issue.  We all agree an open internet is important, but nothing will be “open” if those who are building the infrastructure and investing in its growth are not certain it will be a sound business decision.

Consider this. If someone was to have approached you three months ago and predicted some level of consensus was being reached, that the shrill would subside, and genuine progress toward a resolution was being made, you would have been very skeptical.  But it happened, and more can happen as some give-and-take is accepted.   What the FCC has done now is invite everyone to share their thoughts, work through differences, and make as much progress as possible through dialogue.  We should take them up on the opportunity.

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  1. Gil C. Schmidt says

    I agree with the “reasoned discourse” approach, but this is the U.S., in the media-saturated, shriek-louder 21st century and when Tea Partiers join the fray, well you know the lunatic fringe is going all-out to make its (dirty) mark.

    http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/08/16/tea-party-groups-come-out-against-net-neutrality/

    But it does simplify the view under “Dime con quien andas y te diré quien eres,” or in its English incarnation, “Birds of a feather flock together.” As the blog posts notes in closing: ” Months ahead of Tea Party groups screaming about the free speech rights of Verizon and AT&T.”

    Corporations as “persons” who can now use their “free speech rights” to spend as much money as they want to directly influence (translation: buy) legislation and politicians, defended by people who openly reject minorities. This bodes soooo well for closing the digital divide…

    September 3, 2010, 8:55 AM
  2. Gil C. Schmidt says

    Aaaand, this makes it officlal: Major Tea Party force is backed by a big telecom. How’s that for clsoing the loop? http://stopthecap.com/2010/05/11/americans-for-prosperity-backed-by-big-telecom-is-back-with-more-net-neutrality-opposition/

    September 3, 2010, 5:06 PM



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