Yep. He's definitely been quiet on the issue. It's not like he's typed up the

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Feb 26, 2015
11:33:03am

Non-donor troll

same thoughts over and over again in multiple threads.

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I'm confused about whether I should be for or against net neutrality

StantonMac

2/26/15 9:06am

Be neutral

jokerman

2/26/15 9:08am

Net neutrality, neutrality?

Rich Lather

2/26/15 9:08am

I'm concerned about the increase in FCC power. Furthermore, I have little

db59840

2/26/15 9:11am

Giving the FCC carte blanche authority to regulate the internet just to ensure

Left Shark Coug

2/26/15 9:12am

Rule of thumb: anything that gives a government agency more power should

maxpowers

2/26/15 9:14am

This. First, regulation. Then what? Rationing? Censorship? Welfare?

Twin Roots

2/26/15 9:22am

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

Sea Chicken

2/26/15 9:27am

I'm for gross neutrality

ColoSpgs

2/26/15 9:23am

be for net neutrality if you want low data limits on your internet.

thebruce

2/26/15 9:25am

Why would net neutrality lead to limits?

StantonMac

2/26/15 9:35am

The current proposal would regulate the internet like a utility

workindev

2/26/15 9:45am

I don't see that as different than the current model

StantonMac

2/26/15 10:05am

Regulating it like a utility would virtually guarantee that you have no choice

workindev

2/26/15 11:08am

good Q. it is speculation on my part - but here is why.

thebruce

2/26/15 10:38am

RE: I'm confused about whether I should be for or against net neutrality

BIG XII Coug

2/26/15 9:33am

The only people against net neutrality

Sleeping in EQ

2/26/15 9:46am

Well, this post isn't inflammatory at all.

SandYFan

2/26/15 9:50am

Agreed.

Sleeping in EQ

2/26/15 9:53am

I asked the question because I'm looking for these "facts" you mentioned

StantonMac

2/26/15 10:07am

You should be against it.

fredy

2/26/15 10:01am

Go to YouTube and search for 'What is Net Neutrality?'

taylore90

2/26/15 10:01am

Well...there's a conflict of interest there. Youtube is for net neutrality (as

db59840

2/26/15 10:25am

The basic premise of net neutrality:

Left Shark Coug

2/26/15 10:07am

Dapper's got a better summary, he just can't share it.

Left Shark Coug

2/26/15 11:09am

Yep. He's definitely been quiet on the issue. It's not like he's typed up the

Non-donor troll

2/26/15 11:33am

This is not true

annapcoug

2/26/15 11:39am

^^^knows what he/she is talking about.

thebruce

2/26/15 12:10pm

You can guarantee that these new government regulations won't be dumbly

Left Shark Coug

2/26/15 12:11pm

The best response you could come up with to that was comparing it to little kid

Non-donor troll

2/26/15 12:30pm

Government regulations run amok, my friend. You apparently love them.

Left Shark Coug

2/26/15 12:36pm

Right. I'm willing to bet I'm in favor of freer markets/less gov regs than you:

Non-donor troll

2/26/15 12:52pm

I'm just warning you of the unintended consequences of the new regulations

Left Shark Coug

2/26/15 1:12pm

tl;dr ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Non-donor troll

2/26/15 1:51pm

You read the first one in this string and critiqued it. Sorry that post was

Left Shark Coug

2/26/15 2:13pm

The FCC was regulating the internet before and it worked well

annapcoug

2/26/15 11:23am

And Netflix had to file for bankruptcy and went under, never to be heard from

db59840

2/26/15 12:58pm

You think it's okay because it didn't bankrupt Netflix?

annapcoug

2/26/15 4:30pm

I think it's okay because the market righted itself. There is no need for

db59840

2/26/15 4:32pm

That would be true if ISPs didn't have a monopoly

annapcoug

2/26/15 5:06pm

Again, none of these nightmare scenarios you have proposed have ever happened.

db59840

2/27/15 8:18am

People throw out the word "monopoly" as if it in and of itself is evil. Not all

db59840

2/27/15 8:22am

It's a government band-aid to attempt to solve a government-created problem

Skipshot

2/26/15 12:52pm

How does the government enforce these monopolies?

annapcoug

2/26/15 4:46pm

RE: How does the government enforce these monopolies?

db59840

2/27/15 8:27am

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