Saving the Internet

Saving the Net: How to Keep the Carriers from Flushing the Net Down the Tubes
By Doc Searls on Wed, 2005-11-1

Advocating and saving the Net is not a partisan issue. Lawmakers and regulators aren't screwing up the Net because they're "Friends of Bush" or "Friends of Hollywood" or liberals or conservatives. They're doing it because one way of framing the Net--as a transport system for content--is winning over another way of framing the Net--as a place where markets and business and culture and governance can all thrive.

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Working for a carrier myself - I can see the arguements. But I'm a little less worried about Telcos running the net. They all seem to have a bad case of "Just don't get it". Don't forget - a Telco is the model for the World of Dilbert