Comments on: Net Neutrality Is Sexier as a First Amendment Issue http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/10/29/net-neutrality-is-sexier-as-a-first-amendment-issue/ Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital in New York City Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Andrew Parker http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/10/29/net-neutrality-is-sexier-as-a-first-amendment-issue/#comment-97720 Andrew Parker Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:49:58 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/10/29/net-neutrality-is-sexier-as-a-first-amendment-issue/#comment-97720 If private companies are using a public asset (cellular network spectrum are property of the people and leases to that property are licensed), then I fully expect that they will not discriminate traffic based on content. If they are discriminating I believe their license should be revoked. People licensing spectrum should be acting in the public's best interest. This practice has been true for radio since the beginning for radio broadcasts, and absolutely applies to data transfer in other wireless forms. Also, no need for anonymous comments. People disagree with me all the time (read through archives). I don't take it personally. I'd appreciate if you'd leave some identifying information next time, unless there is something about the nature of your job that prevents you from doing so (in which case, please specify). If private companies are using a public asset (cellular network spectrum are property of the people and leases to that property are licensed), then I fully expect that they will not discriminate traffic based on content. If they are discriminating I believe their license should be revoked. People licensing spectrum should be acting in the public’s best interest. This practice has been true for radio since the beginning for radio broadcasts, and absolutely applies to data transfer in other wireless forms.

Also, no need for anonymous comments. People disagree with me all the time (read through archives). I don’t take it personally. I’d appreciate if you’d leave some identifying information next time, unless there is something about the nature of your job that prevents you from doing so (in which case, please specify).

]]> By: Anonymous Coward http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/10/29/net-neutrality-is-sexier-as-a-first-amendment-issue/#comment-97719 Anonymous Coward Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:49:34 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/10/29/net-neutrality-is-sexier-as-a-first-amendment-issue/#comment-97719 Private companies can't commit 'first amendment violations'. It's disturbing to me that with what happened in Myanmar last month (violent government crack down on free speech) we in this country get up in arms about our 'freedom of speech' when a private company doesn't act exactly how we want them too. I don't mind calling it censorship, but I think it belittles the phrase 'freedom of speech' and the constitution when you use that to refer to AT&T not letting you hear Eddie Vedder rail against President Bush or that you can't download P2P bootleg albums from Comcast anymore. Private companies can’t commit ‘first amendment violations’. It’s disturbing to me that with what happened in Myanmar last month (violent government crack down on free speech) we in this country get up in arms about our ‘freedom of speech’ when a private company doesn’t act exactly how we want them too. I don’t mind calling it censorship, but I think it belittles the phrase ‘freedom of speech’ and the constitution when you use that to refer to AT&T not letting you hear Eddie Vedder rail against President Bush or that you can’t download P2P bootleg albums from Comcast anymore.

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