The fact is, the telcos are doing all they can to control our internet experience. That Meg cared enough to do something about it shows she is a better net citizen than those who want to bury their heads in the sand and pretend the problem is not there.

So what if Meg is a gazillionaire? She is another net citizen concerned enough to care about what happens…for all of us. And of course I care too. I make my living off the internet. I spend perhaps too much time surfing the internet finding websites like yours to read

My point was that unless we join together to fight for our web, we will only have ourselves to blame when it is controlled by big business.

And has anyone stopped to think about the “Tiered Internet” you keep complaining about? First, the tiers are what you have now, and faster. If they developed a new infrastructure for the bandwidth hogs and charged them extra to access that, so freaking what? They pay if they want and now they are off the other lane and free up bandwidth the rest can use. If you stay in the “slow lane” you are no worse off than you are now, in fact, you are probably better off since you no longer have to compete with the bandwidth hogs.

If NN passses, then you will only ever have that same single slow lane but you will also have to compete with the bandwidth hogs.

As Mark’s host, I refrained from describing my guest as a specific and odiferous part of the human anatomy (allthough I insist on spelling Mark’s name as it was likely printed on his birth certificate).

But it sure feels good seeing you do it.

Name-calling isn’t usually the best way to make a point… But you don’t have a point, do you?

Had you taken the time to digest this article before unleashing your id, you might have noted that BJ isn’t endorsing a tiered Internet. He’s suggesting that it might be prudent to hold off on legislating until there’s an actual problem to legislate against. Every new law has consequences, both intended and otherwise, so it’s best to wait until the scope of the issue is fully understood.

Too often, our representatives simply want to look like they’re doing something, and we end up with bad laws that we pay for for years to come.

I’m glad that I have British friends, or I might assume that all Brits were ignorant, predjudiced a**holes, like yourself.

Sure, calling you a name undermined my point, but it sure felt good.