Net Neutrality - Tragedy of the Commons

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: February 20, 2006 4:42:24 PM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Net Neutrality - Tragedy of the Commons
Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com

[Note:  This is someone's take on the fiber usage in Japan study that  
I posted earlier.  DLH]

Net Neutrality - Tragedy of the Commons
Published February 20th, 2006 in Carriers, FTTH, Regulation
<http://www.nyquistcapital.com/2006/02/20/net-neutrality-tragedy-of- 
the-commons/>
The New York Times writes an editorial on Net Neutrality, thereby  
launching the issue into the mainstream. In typical Left leaning  
fashion, the NYT comes out for government regulation of ISPs, and  
argues that consumers should be guaranteed service regardless of  
application.

Net neutrality is about big media against big telecom, not big  
telecom against the consumer, though that is not what the NYT and  
digital elitists would like you to believe. The reality is that  
different types of internet consumers exist, and they should pay  
different amounts for different types of service. Just as the Tragedy  
of the Commons parable shows:

Benefits of exploitation accrue to individuals, while the costs of  
exploitation are distributed between all those exploiting the resource.

The telcos have done an awful job of arguing for net neutrality, and  
have caused such an uproar that Congress cannot back away without  
extracting a pound of flesh. One of the more sensible things Verizon  
(VZ) or AT&T (T”) could have presented at the congressional hearings  
is some recent insightful data ( .pdf link ) on internet use in  
Japan, where high-bandwidth services are most deployed.

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