(01-24-2017, 10:11 PM)Samjag904 Wrote: Why would it benefit an ISP to provide crappy service to their customers? Netflix reached an agreement with the major ISPs outside of government interference anyways. Do you really want the government to have more control on your internet... you want your internet at the speed of government? The reason we have had faster internet in the USA than Europe is that we've had a pretty loose regulatory environment. 

The sad and unfortunate part of life in 2017 is this bold part. The answer to this question is overwhelmingly yes, for a growing number of people. Damn the facts, or the economics, or the simple fact we are supposed to be a "free" country. Governments can only gain anything by taking from others, they have no money, or goods, or create anything. Yet we are one of the highest regulated and taxed markets in the world, and have become heavily reliant on government as a society. 

NN is only about 2 years in, to think this is some doomsday for the internet is a little naive. Most companies, including ISPs, want happy customers. The ones who don't, or can't satisfy customers enough, usually go under or get bought by more successful companies. Unless of course you're "too big to fail", then you get theft(sorry, tax) dollars and get bailed out to "save the economy". Then you get $15 trillion dollars of debt over the last 2 administrations, taxed and printed into existence, with hundreds of trillions in unfunded liabilities our government has already promised that they have no way to pay for. But, the majority of citizens ignore that for whatever reason. Just provide more government, regulations, taxes and more spending. I think getting government OUT of more and more things, is the way to go.

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