Woz speaks up on net neutrality (video)

If you mandate net neutrality except for wireless, won't the internet providers have incentive to switch customers to wireless service where they can do whatever they want?

I am not saying they will - but it seems like the wrong priority. Net neutrality shouldn't just be a law, there needs to be a whole system in place that breeds competition amongst internet providers.

As it is in most places internet service is either a monopoly or controlled by one or two.

I imagine a system where you separate the physical lines from the service. Then anyone can provide the service and rent the lines for a fixed price. Maybe the lines should actually be state-owned, like roads. Not saying I developed a comprehensive solution in the 30 seconds since I started writing this post but there's got to be a better way!

Why didn't he have the balls to single out the ones who voted for this? It was a clear vote along party lines with the Republican appointees not only voting against it in the end but from the beginning questioning whether the FCC has the Constitutional authority to do this at all. The one Republican rep even put out numerous times during the debates and again prior to the vote when asking for a delay that "we are not the Congress, we cannot legislate". Name one federal agency that has ever gained and then relinquished power? They all get bigger and want more power at our expense until they ruin it.

Just like this time last year with healthcare, the bailouts, GM, the 'stimulus', DREAM, START, etc., why do Democrats try to rush or sneak stuff in the middle of the night or when they think nobody is paying attention? When legislators, the public and most everybody else wanted to question the FCC's authority and demand a delay in this vote, why'd they call for a hasty vote? People only act like that when they have something to hide or don't want to get called out because they know they're wrong.

Why is it the Democrats do the most to take away/abuse our freedoms but everybody blames the Republicans?

"Woz singled out the telecommunication companies for their deceptive practices and monopolistic behaviors"

Did anyone single out the federal government for their deceptive practices and monopolistic behaviors? Net neutrality in its proposed form is just putting a new fox in charge of the fox's den.

The unfortunate fact is that this is just the start of control of the internet by the FCC. Going forward they will control more and more of it. Consequently the internet will become more and more expensive for everyone and be less and less free (as in freedom of speech). Sad.

I want democracy.

http://reclaimdemocracy.org/corporate_accountability/history_corporations_us.html

If Woz wants to have a significant impact he needs to distill his thoughts into a single coherent message, a stump speech, if you like. His letter and this interview were all over the place with a mix of related and unrelated messages.

I get you Woz, but my concern is the vast number of others that do not. I do not want the thoughts of Woz to be dismissed as the ramblings of a crazy genius. Connect the dots Woz.

This is a case of the 'Golden Rule'. The big communications companies have the clout to make sure that they can maximize their profits by charging more for higher speeds and restrict or eliminate their competitors from having equal access to the consumers.

The new Congress, with Republicans in the majority in the House of Representatives, will make sure that their biggest contributors, the communications giants, will get what they want.

Golden Rule = He who has the gold, rules. Or, money talks and BS walks.

Woz == computer genius

Woz != expert on policy for government control of the Internet

Look at him in that suit. So un-Woz-ly.

Run for Mayor Woz!