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Another point to consider is the fact that the government officials currently attempting to formulate legislation on this matter really don't have the education and experience with the internet and relevant technologies to fully grasp what it is they're regulating. Listening to any of the folks in Congress discuss the Net Neutrality debate leaves much to be desired. Any unprepared statements made on the matter tend to make very little sense and have a poor grasp of the issue at hand.

Moreover, the government is notoriously slow to act on issues, and in fact was designed that way. Putting the regulation of one of the fastest-evolving industries we have today into the hands of a veritable tortoise is just asking for trouble.

Finally, note that even Vint Cerf himself has publically admitted that at the moment, there is no reason to think that ISPs intend to abuse the internet. In a recent statement about the net neutrality legislation, he said "If the legislators … insist on neutrality, we will be happy. If they do not put it in, we will be less happy but then we will have to wait and see whether or not there actually is any abuse."

http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-07-04T152432Z_01_L04777905_RTRIDST_0_TECH-GOOGLE-NETNEUTRALITY.XML&rpc=66%3Cbr%3E%3C/a%3E

Is it really a good idea to pass legislation that could jeopardize progress in order to prevent something that has never happened and may never?