Network neutrality

"Network Neutrality rules are not in the carriers' best interests."

The Internet is going through a caotic situation that certainly won't help its progress.
Everybody wants to do everything.
Telecoms want to be broadcasters, broadcasters want to be Telecoms.
How much better would be if everybody did its job, not aspiring to become the emperor of the moment.
Connectivity has a lot to do with content, if there is a good content there is also the need of good connectivity, if there is no good and affordable connectivity there is not good content.
Right now the only really blooming businesses on the Net have been the ones created by the users, or the ones which saw the majority of the users involved.
They were businesses which didn't make money directly, that is you pay for what you get, but you pay fo leasing the line and you get what you want for free.
Probably the only good business till now has been the "connectivity" business.
The more alluring the content (free movies, free music, free or vey cheap calls)the more people went to broadband.
How many would still pay for fiber optic in Italy if they couldn't use the P2P?
Everybody knows the answer but doesn't dare to say it.
And while they look for something else to use the fiber network for, P2P goes on...

So the stupid network is already producing big revenues the way it is and to produce more it needs to give opportunities to the ones who produce content, and free content.
And to produce free or cheap content you need affordable and reliable lines.
Discriminating won't produce the effectes the providers are looking for.
There will always be a smart guy who will understand it: give something cheap or free and get huge revenues from it...

A stupid dumb network will allow intelligent applications to run on it, and intelligent applications will make the number of users, and the number definetely makes the price and the value...