Wesley Dodds
07-03-2006, 08:22 AM
Guys, I've been thinking.
You know how the internet is basically a whole bunch of pipes? Well, it doesn't seem fair to me that people would be using those pipes for commercial purposes when all I use it for is posting on message boards and checking my e-mail.
So, here I am trying to send mail on my internal computer network, and because the pipes are clogged by people sending movies it takes days for e-mails to arrive.
Yes, they pay for the bandwidth. But you know who really pays for the bandwidth? People like me, who get late e-mails because the pipes are clogged.
Maybe there's a market for a commercial internet. E-bay seems popular. But that's different from the non-commercial messaging service we have now which is, of course, essential to small business.
What we have here is a massive invasion of the world of the internet by people who are just out to make a quick buck and don't care about the little guy, and whether his e-mails arrive promptly.
That's why, guys, I have to come out against net neutrality. In fact, I think it should be made illegal to send large files over the internet, because it makes my e-mails arrive days late. My Own Personal Internet -- and the My Own Personal Internets of all of us -- has to come first.
You know how the internet is basically a whole bunch of pipes? Well, it doesn't seem fair to me that people would be using those pipes for commercial purposes when all I use it for is posting on message boards and checking my e-mail.
So, here I am trying to send mail on my internal computer network, and because the pipes are clogged by people sending movies it takes days for e-mails to arrive.
Yes, they pay for the bandwidth. But you know who really pays for the bandwidth? People like me, who get late e-mails because the pipes are clogged.
Maybe there's a market for a commercial internet. E-bay seems popular. But that's different from the non-commercial messaging service we have now which is, of course, essential to small business.
What we have here is a massive invasion of the world of the internet by people who are just out to make a quick buck and don't care about the little guy, and whether his e-mails arrive promptly.
That's why, guys, I have to come out against net neutrality. In fact, I think it should be made illegal to send large files over the internet, because it makes my e-mails arrive days late. My Own Personal Internet -- and the My Own Personal Internets of all of us -- has to come first.