I am for what is being call net neutrality, codified into law in some meaningful manner.

The push by companies like AT&T to squeeze another revenue stream out of the internet is ridiculous.

They already own the pipes, charge both consumers and producers for access in the form of hosting, broadband and related networking services.

The idea that any producer of content should pay additional fees to pass content, requested by consumers, over the network built with tax dollars, is wholly dangerous to the economy and business innovations generated by an open network – the level playing so to speak.

If AT&T wants more revenue, give me better service. How about fiber to the desktop? More stable DSL connections? VoIP service? Unified messaging for my mobile phone and business phone? The best data center, hosting or colocation services on the planet?

There are a plethora of services and enhancements that would motivate me to pay more.

I will NOT pay them to remove an considered impediment to consumers receiving requested content from my sites.

I would sooner route around them. Move everything to a foreign network make them irrelevant. Sure they will still affect some users, but the sucking sound of companies moving servers to other networks, and even countries would be deafening.

In the end, this push is simply a desperate gasp of a dying goliath, pierced by a million tiny spears. The tiny spears being P2P, VoIP, Wifi and on demand video.

The once mighty telcos are being driven from the top of the food chain. Relegated to middle man status, they don’t like the view from down their.

It might be futile to think so, but hopefully Congress will not cave to these bastards.