[ale] OT: Craig Newmark of Craig's List on Net Neutrality

[jimpop at yahoo.com (Jim Popovitch)]

Marvin, International Martian of Mystery wrote:
> 
> I think all the metaphors being tossed around really just cloud the
> issue.   What the issue is (from my perspective) is that I'm paying my
> provider $XX.00 a month for X amount of bandwidth (in my case, around 50
> bux a month for 6mps downloads)- I'm not paying that money so Comcast
> can selectively limit my bandwidth when I want to connect to a content
> provider that didn't pay them off.  I want to be able to use my
> bandwidth downstream and up, the way I see fit, and that's what I'm
> paying for- not to connect to whom and what Comcast wants me to connect
> to. 

Where do you see that this is not the case?  I haven't seen anything 
(other than on ALE) that says my "contract" with Comcast will change or 
be altered.  Where is all this FUD coming from?

-Jim P.