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RE: Save Internet freedom--from regulation
What is being forgotten here is that someone has to actually pay to provide the Internet service and bandwidth. You pay your ISP for hosting (or suffer serious amounts of adverising) and a charge to use broadband.

Generally, the idea is that the more you use (petrol, carbon emmissions and so on) the more you should pay. If not then all the light users are subsidizing the heavy ones, and that is not a plan that will last long! Never has, never will.

What is amazing is it seems that you need law to allow normal commercial practices to operate. Now that must be a first?
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If only...  Tim Patterson | 12/12/07
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Wrong  Tim Patterson | 12/12/07
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PJ O'Rourke said it best....  jlafitte | 12/13/07
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EXACTLY!  drprod@... | 12/12/07
Hm  ejirak@... | 12/12/07
We need regulations to protect us from ISP's.  bjbrock | 12/12/07
The way to fight Rogers Cable...  startx.jeff | 12/12/07
Digital cable and fiber  voyager529 | 12/12/07
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Shutting down union, other sites  davej@... | 12/12/07
RE: Save Internet freedom--from regulation  uvgotmail@... | 12/12/07
Hmm "Yes"  buchajaa | 12/12/07
The problem isn't regulation, per se...  Raymond Danner | 12/14/07
Rogers Cable  buchajaa | 12/12/07
Dangerous, disingenuous, and false  progan01@... | 12/12/07
YES!!! Down with Big Telecom's AstroTurf and their Minions!  drprod@... | 12/12/07
Well Said!  a53classic | 12/12/07
Well said  xfer_rdy | 12/12/07
Cable companies not only culprits!  Raymond Danner | 12/14/07
Oxymoronic  dshawk | 12/12/07
Tend to agree...  thx-1138_@... | 12/12/07
Furthermore  blarman_z | 12/13/07
Occasionally simple is in fact simple....  merthorn | 12/12/07
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Regulate Spammers  ceh4702 | 12/12/07
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Freedom for users cannot be freedom for sellers  mykmlr@... | 12/12/07
RE: Save Internet freedom--from regulation  scleland@... | 12/12/07
And You DO Pay  drprod@... | 12/12/07
Shill for ATT  stchrispy | 12/12/07
Ron Paul is the right guy  mickrussom@... | 12/12/07
Something to Consider  a53classic | 12/12/07
Scary stuff for anyone who loves the Internet....  eheller | 12/12/07
We pay regardless - Telcoms will charge content providers  stchrispy | 12/12/07
Arguably...  John L. Ries | 12/12/07
RE: Save Internet freedom--from regulation  don6340@... | 12/12/07
We need Net Neutrality!  cooltoad123 | 12/12/07
Tiered Internet would kill the telecoms.  kuronekoyama | 12/12/07
RE: Save Internet freedom--from regulation  cosmicfoole@... | 12/12/07
you're drawing the wrong conclusions from history  Hobyx | 12/12/07
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RE: Save Internet freedom--from regulation  mabe3 | 12/12/07
Another example of government regulation....  wwindtalker | 12/12/07
save internet freedom for crooks  syrbulldog | 12/12/07
it will all die from spam and phishing  syrbulldog | 12/12/07
Government is THE Problem  jimc52@... | 12/12/07
The problem is you get regulation either way  roaming | 12/12/07
RE: Save Internet freedom--from regulation  jkcha@... | 12/12/07
RE: Save Internet freedom--from regulation  sfdlong@... | 12/12/07
Great "double speak" to make George Orwell proud  sfdlong@... | 12/12/07
RE: Save Internet freedom--from regulation  jsrascal | 12/12/07
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RE: Save Internet freedom--from regulation  talexander_95971@... | 12/12/07
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Greed  rlangdon@... | 12/12/07
RE: Save Internet freedom--from regulation  datajam@... | 12/12/07
Greed  rlangdon@... | 12/12/07
Yes but .. some regulation badly needed  paulw@... | 12/13/07
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AT&T will OWN the insternet...  wmlundine | 12/13/07
AT&T will OWN the INTERNET...  wmlundine | 12/13/07
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