Look up Tim Lee from the Cato Institute. I think he has written on this topic. I think the standard libertarian position on net neutrality is that it’s no good. Personally, I don’t have the technical knowledge to really comment, though once at what might be called a libertarian boot camp, I came up with the slogan “surf at your own speed” in an exercise to come up with promotions for net nonneutrality.
Toward the end (i think) they get into the issue. I can’t remember what Raymond says, but IIRC, he takes a nonneutrality position while not sound like the standard libertarian position. It’s an interesting podcast throughout, however, and you should listen to the whole thing. All of you.
Look up Tim Lee from the Cato Institute. I think he has written on this topic. I think the standard libertarian position on net neutrality is that it’s no good. Personally, I don’t have the technical knowledge to really comment, though once at what might be called a libertarian boot camp, I came up with the slogan “surf at your own speed” in an exercise to come up with promotions for net nonneutrality.
Also, see this podcast: http://www.econtalk.org//archives/2009/01/eric_raymond_on.html
Toward the end (i think) they get into the issue. I can’t remember what Raymond says, but IIRC, he takes a nonneutrality position while not sound like the standard libertarian position. It’s an interesting podcast throughout, however, and you should listen to the whole thing. All of you.
edit: It was Tim Lee, not Tim Butler: http://www.cato.org/people/timothy-lee