everyone from the ACLU to the Christian Coalition was outraged by this naked money grab. Basically, almost everyone hated the idea.
If this isn't an example of selecion bias, I don't know what is. These are two groups everyone loves to hate, some of it justified because one promotes their Jesus-loving to the point where it doesn't make any sense and the other sometimes forgets to emphasize the A and C in their acronym as much as the L.
And when were the "big telco" plans announced? Did I miss that? Doesn't seem very competetive at a time when they were adding bandwidth and not raising rates.
> And when were the "big telco" plans announced? Did I miss that?
That was what? A few years ago? It was before the term "Net Neutrality" even existed (which is what makes it such a pain--I can't for the life of me find the original article).
I think I originally saw the plan on Slashdot, after which there was a letter signed by a ton of interest groups (more than just the CC & ACLU, way more) opposing the plan. That unity didn't last long--they were afraid and ran straight to the lobbyists.
People saw good reason to worry that they wouldn't just give up and came up with the name "Net Neutrality" for the cause, but... then we started getting split up. At first, they were questioning, "Is this really needed" and "What the heck does 'Net Neutrality' mean?" (still are, actually).
Now they've framed it in terms of whether we want to be screwed by politicians or teleco monopolies, hitting a deep political rift and preventing us from effectively working together to oppose them collecting rent from internet users they don't even provide access for.
If this isn't an example of selecion bias, I don't know what is. These are two groups everyone loves to hate, some of it justified because one promotes their Jesus-loving to the point where it doesn't make any sense and the other sometimes forgets to emphasize the A and C in their acronym as much as the L.
And when were the "big telco" plans announced? Did I miss that? Doesn't seem very competetive at a time when they were adding bandwidth and not raising rates.