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A balancing act.
My major concern here is that by seeking (or allowing?) government in this one issue, we're opening the door for further government regulation of the internet, which I suppose could be a good or bad thing depending upon how you look at it.

Personally, I prefer the smallest number of intermediaries possible, so to me the idea of any entity having control over corporations' capability to make money for their shareholders. I do believe that this is an example of unmitigated greed and hubris on Level3's part, and I'm sad to see them act this way, but I also think that (as I believe another ZDNet Blogger pointed out) the best way to handle this would be through a third party private mediator and not through legislation, as mutual agreements tend to be a lot more flexible than laws.
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Solution from a genius!  Reverend MacFellow | 10/07/05
What if someone dies because of this?  BitTwiddler | 10/07/05
I didn't know the internet could kill  markgamache | 10/07/05
are you referring to 911, VoIP from cell phone?  myluckie13 | 10/07/05
VoIP Is A Concern  WildcatRay | 10/08/05
Anyone risking their life on an internet connection is a fool.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/10/05
Medical records are digitized, as per HIPPA  B.O.F.H. | 10/10/05
Please government stay out of it.  myluckie13 | 10/07/05
The Internet is not a private  bjbrock | 10/07/05
Agreed!  DarthRidiculous | 10/07/05
Not a Private Matter Anymore  WildcatRay | 10/08/05
what will happen..  ydhptkh1 | 10/07/05
The government stepped in as far  bjbrock | 10/07/05
Public/Private Consortium  WildcatRay | 10/08/05
Right to Connect  kgrant | 10/07/05
Why not just let corporation run the country.  bjbrock | 10/07/05
A balancing act.  kgrant | 10/07/05
They already do:  HypnoToad | 10/07/05
FTC Intervention?  WildcatRay | 10/08/05
re: Right to Connect  CobraA1 | 10/08/05
No way. aissez faire capitalism rules! Regulation is bad. Eeeeeeevil.  HypnoToad | 10/07/05
Sorry I disagreed  JJ_z | 10/07/05
Yep.....  NemesisNL | 10/08/05
Customers FIRST, other businesses SECOND  CobraA1 | 10/08/05
Do NOT allow government in this, It's a huge mistake!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/08/05
Net Blackout  tdarby20@... | 10/08/05
NO! It is NOT a utility.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/08/05
RE: NO! It is NOT a utility. by No_Ax_to_Grind  btljooz | 10/10/05
How much are *YOU* willing to pay for it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/10/05
FYI, *I* am not...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/10/05
You know that is not true..  Patrick Jones | 10/10/05
A tax by any other name...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/10/05
But..  Patrick Jones | 10/11/05
RE: I didn't know the internet could kill by markgamache  btljooz | 10/10/05
Well...  Patrick Jones | 10/10/05
BGP  Lord-dogbert_z | 10/10/05

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