Network Neutrality a los ojos del Ludwig von Mises Institute

Aquí la historia

Extracto 1:

"Universal Service Fund

The business model for the USF fraud is literally no different than robbing Peter to pay Paul. Up front it was devised as a "Robin Hood" collection method to solely tax long-distance carriers. However, its levying authority grew in 1997 to purportedly finance the far-reaching subsidies enacted in the re-regulation of 1996. It now essentially gives various levels of government the authority to impose taxes on nearly every form of telecommunication..."

Extracto 2:

"Great Leap Forward

Unlike the largely unseen consequences of the monopolistic rent-seeking practices of Ma Bell or the wealth redistribution schemes of Universal Phone Service, arguably the most visible criminal endeavor in this industry has been the National Information Initiative spurred in part by then Senator and later Vice-President Al Gore.

It too was developed as a centrally managed endeavor to help spur the development and deployment of new telecom technologies.

However, as technology pundits such as Robert Cringely have detailed, the NII has been nothing short of a $200+ billion corporate subsidy to telecom incumbents — to big business..."

Extracto 3:

"Beating a dead horse

In terms of network neutrality, B.K. Marcus has arguably done the best work on detailing the monumental missteps taken by the FCC throughout its chronically tumultuous tenure.

Here is the scenario: you are a Tier 1 ISP. You purchase or rent land and place miles of fiber optics or radio antennas throughout a city. You also purchase routers, switches and servers. However, with "net neutrality" legislation the owners of the hardware would no longer be allowed to do whatever they want with their own property..."

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Aquí en T.I.M.E. se ha comentado muchas veces el tema y las inclinaciones no han estado precisamente por los argumentos de hoy. Y no obstante tienen éstos el atractivo innegable de la libertad de empresa. Quizá, como bien apunta el autor, el problema radica en que esta libertad debe ser total, en todas las capas y sub-sectores de la industria, para que una nueva práctica refleje las nuevas realidades que se argumentan deberían ser las que ahora no son...