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Sep 20, 2017
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BYUtka
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You are fine, so forget about everyone else. No hurricane here, so Houston
And Florida should stop complaining.
Not sure where you are, but most places have very few options for ISP.
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Net neutrality is great for poor college kids, bad for everyone else
jrifkin48
9/20/17 7:21am
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cvd6262
9/20/17 7:27am
So you'd be ok if your ISP charged you more for watching Netflix?
Mike Honcho
9/20/17 7:30am
They don't. The free market would have Netflix ensure they streamed fast
jrifkin48
9/20/17 7:33am
Until each of those services make deals with individual ISPs to throttle all the
Defenestrator
9/20/17 7:36am
If it was that bad a new or emerging competitor would show up
jrifkin48
9/20/17 7:38am
See Mike Hancho's reply below.
Defenestrator
9/20/17 7:41am
How? Using what infrastructure? That's like saying if your water company started
Mike Honcho
9/20/17 7:41am
The horseless carriage was nuts as well with the lack of infrastructure
jrifkin48
9/20/17 8:04am
Exactly Net Neutrality ensures the internet remains like the system of roads.
BYUtka
9/20/17 8:13am
Sure, wireless may be easier from an infrastructure standpoint - relatively
Mike Honcho
9/20/17 8:17am
He will just say that new wireless companies will emerge, nevermind the finite
Defenestrator
9/20/17 8:58am
Cars? The government builds, maintains, and regulates the infrastructure
Nathanael Greene
9/20/17 8:17am
Yep. It proves the opposite point.
BYUtka
9/20/17 8:20am
Internet service is not truly a free market. How many ISPs can you choose from
Mike Honcho
9/20/17 7:36am
Exactly! That is one of the reasons we need net Neutrality. It helps keep things
BYUtka
9/20/17 7:41am
It also imposes major regulatory burdens that keep smaller ISPs from emerging
fbguru
9/20/17 7:55am
They are fine with big ISPs. They are just worried about shady websites
jrifkin48
9/20/17 7:57am
I have no interest in shady websites. I have interest in not paying more to
BYUtka
9/20/17 8:03am
RE: They are fine with big ISPs. They are just worried about shady websites
Defenestrator
9/20/17 8:11am
Or they're cord cutters worried about paying an arm and a leg to watch TV
Mike Honcho
9/20/17 8:21am
Some examples? In what way does it do this?
BYUtka
9/20/17 8:00am
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SLC-Warrior
9/20/17 8:11am
The internet may need regulation to actually make it free.
Baron
9/20/17 8:16am
Sadly life isn't that simple. Free Market would be best, but you cannot just
BYUtka
9/20/17 8:20am
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SLC-Warrior
9/20/17 8:23am
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JuicyJam
9/20/17 8:25am
Yes... yes they do.
tarzan15
9/20/17 9:18am
There are plenty of legitimate uses for bit torrent
Defenestrator
9/20/17 7:31am
I'm not in favor of net neutrality, but your reasoning is suspect.
fbguru
9/20/17 7:33am
This article shows the reason I am not for net neutrality
fbguru
9/20/17 7:47am
That article doesn't cite any ways it would hurt them outside 'it would take
BYUtka
9/20/17 8:11am
There may be flaws in implementation, sure. But the theory behind it is good
Mike Honcho
9/20/17 8:26am
Netflix streaming might have never existed without it
Hsaru
9/20/17 7:39am
That could be. It's a better argument than those who want their pirate websites
jrifkin48
9/20/17 7:42am
Netflix streaming was well established long before Net Neutrality.
Cachanilla83
9/20/17 10:03am
Except when your ISP decides to create a competing service to Netflix
mottman
9/20/17 7:42am
To their own detriment. Something would emerge to offer a better product
jrifkin48
9/20/17 7:48am
And how would you use it when your local Internet Monopoly throttles it?
mottman
9/20/17 7:50am
I have 5 options for ISPs where I live. I can leverage the competition
jrifkin48
9/20/17 7:52am
Ah lucky you. Not everyone is so fortunate.
mottman
9/20/17 8:25am
You are fine, so forget about everyone else. No hurricane here, so Houston
BYUtka
9/20/17 8:28am
Couldn't you have the regulation only apply where there is no competition? Why
rcbyufan
9/20/17 9:26am
Even in areas with a few more choices, there is no real open competition. And
BYUtka
9/20/17 10:07am
Take a look at this, then
Mike Honcho
9/20/17 8:32am
We don't live in 2010. We live in 2017. There can't be throttling of Netflix.
fbguru
9/20/17 7:50am
I like this article and agree with it that more competition is necessary.
Nathanael Greene
9/20/17 9:57am
So you don't know what net neutrality is
Deleted
9/20/17 7:54am
From this thread, it's obvious lots of people don't know what net neutrality is.
fbguru
9/20/17 7:58am
Literally laughed out loud at OP.
scootsy
9/20/17 8:11am
FIFY:Net Neutrality is good for customers and society and bad for greedy
BYUtka
9/20/17 7:59am
Stupid poor millennials with their shady websites!
douglasturtle
9/20/17 9:02am
You obviously have no idea what you're talking about
DapperDan
9/20/17 9:18am
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