Letters to the Editor
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Be careful what you wish for
Legislation always sounds great, but beware the Law of Unintended Consequences.
Consumer outrage works better and faster than laws any day. We have seen numerous examples in the world of the Internets. Dual pricing and other such schemes is going to have a tough time getting through the torrent of complaints about search systems, etc. are biased and unfair.
If we get legislation for "neutrality," then we're going to put government into the business of dictating how the people will conduct business and ultimately miring the Internet down with a million nitpicking details of doing things this way and not that, slowing progress down and raising costs.
If that doesn't convince you, let me remind you that people are still going to find a way to make a buck out of manipulating the situation and it will be in a way that is far more expensive to the consumer and harder to get rid of than a dual pricing system.