Here is a blog entry from someone who attended the FCC hearing at Stanford...he makes a great comparison that helps the layperson understand one of the key arguments...
Nice comparison!
Paragraph 6 from: Come and Spin the World Wide WebI keep hearing bandwidth referred to as a "scarce commodity". It's been argued that the market will find efficient ways of using this scarce commodity without regulation impeding their technology. Well, let's look again at another thing referred to as a scarce commodity: oil. Did the market find ways of maximizing the efficiency of our vehicles? The answer is no. The average mileage has barely changed since the 1985. The technology is finally starting to come, but let's not make the same mistake again. The technology was always there around the periphery, being held at arm's length by our industries, who wanted to use the older systems despite their inefficiency. That's where the money is. |
Nice comparison!
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