[ale] OT: Craig Newmark of Craig's List on Net Neutrality

[Keith Hopkins]

Jim Philips wrote:
[snip]
> If the 
> only way large files get delivered is through an agreement between the phone 
> company and the large content providers, then the vitality of the Internet 
> will dwindle dramatically. I would be more than happy to bear some of the 
> costs of downloading, say, an iso of my Slackware distribution. If the telcos 
> are the sole arbiters of what high bandwidth traffic can move, I probably 
> won't even be able to get that Slackware distribution off the Net. So, I'm 
> fine with somebody paying for higher bandwidth usage. What I'm bitterly 
> opposed to is a situation where the content available is only decided by 
> deals cut between the telcos and the content providers. If that happens, the 
[snip]

This has me wondering, how long will it take before Micro$oft invests their $$$ to get priority bandwidth over open-source sites?

--Keith