Episode 133 — Two Terrible Options

Ben and James discuss the net neutrality debate and why both sides of the issue at hand involve making difficult tradeoffs; the bigger problem is broken governance. Please listen to the end!

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Links

• Ben Thompson: Pro-Neutrality, Anti-Title II — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/pro-neutrality-anti-title…)

• Ben Thompson: “Light Touch”, Cable, and DSL; The Broadband Tradeoff; The Importance of Antitrust — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/light-touch-cable-and-dsl…)

• Ben Thompson: Netflix and Net Neutrality — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2014/netflix-net-neutrality)

• Ben Thompson: Net Neutrality and Zero Rating — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2015/daily-update-watch-net-ne…)

• Ben Thompson: Comcast’s Inevitable Data Caps, T-Mobile Offers Free Video, America Versus Europe on Net Neutrality — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2015/comcasts-inevitable-data-…)

• Ben Thompson: The Department of Justice Sues to Block the AT&T-Time Warner Acquisition, The DOJ’s Case, AT&T’s Objections — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2017/the-department-of-justice…)

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• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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