As I understand it, the federal government wants to get end net...

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Sep 20, 2017
10:30:36am

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neutrality. However, if the federal government touches anything, they break it:

- Post Office: broke

- AmTrak: broke

- Social Security: broke

- Federal budget: waaaaaay broke

- Medicare: broke

- Medicade: broke

- Obamacare: broke

- EPA: broke (in terms of inefficiency and excessive power)

- IRS: broke (see EPA above)

I see a trend....

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Here's a good example I once heard to describe net nuetrality

Linescratcher

9/20/17 10:07am

As I understand it, the federal government wants to get end net...

BleedCougarBlue2

9/20/17 10:30am

My mail came today. The post office may be inefficient, but it isn't broken.

demon_llama

9/20/17 12:16pm

US Post Office is broke financially. Google it yourself. No disputing that.

BleedCougarBlue2

9/20/17 1:48pm

Perhaps we disagree that the post office exists to turn a profit.

demon_llama

9/20/17 1:50pm

Why not wait and see what happens? If it's a debacle we pass net neutrality down

rcbyufan

9/20/17 10:37am

It will likely be much tougher to get neutrality down the road.

JustKeyrock

9/20/17 10:54am

The people that are paying to get net neutrality axed

CavemanCougar

9/20/17 10:59am

And rent-seeking, which NN prevents, will ensure they have even more $$$

mik3

9/20/17 12:14pm

I think you're actually arguing against net neutrality with your argument.

rcbyufan

9/20/17 9:39pm

Title II only happened because Verizon sued over the Open Internet Order

mik3

9/20/17 10:57pm

Out of necessity of actually following the law is what you should say. They

rcbyufan

9/20/17 11:24pm

If Verizon hadn't sued, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

mik3

9/20/17 11:33pm

Don't you think Verizon needed clarity on the issue? Hard to invest with the

rcbyufan

9/21/17 7:29am

The Open Internet Order was very straightforward, no uncertainty there.

mik3

9/21/17 10:29am

The point is they couldn't legally use the light touch. It was/is illegal

rcbyufan

9/21/17 8:12pm

Issue was not as black and white as you're trying to paint it.

mik3

9/21/17 8:45pm

The key is that those regulations will discourage new entrants. If all the ISPs

rcbyufan

9/21/17 9:12pm

Just as an fyi, there are "unlimited water use plans"

bluebloodedcoug

9/20/17 12:24pm

You know me. Always a sucker for the intricacies of rural water utilities.

Linescratcher

9/20/17 12:31pm

I'm not sure you understand net neutrality

NewYorkCougar

9/20/17 1:01pm

This isn't even just in theory. AT&T is already doing this on the mobile side

GenkiLawyer

9/20/17 1:12pm

Thanks for the correction.

NewYorkCougar

9/20/17 2:20pm

Metaphor isn't perfect, but the gist of it is correct.

mik3

9/20/17 1:17pm

Yeah, not a perfect example. But I don't think your critiques are correct

Linescratcher

9/20/17 1:56pm

Just an FYI, sling tv is owned by dish.

DescendentCoug

9/20/17 11:58pm

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