(12-27-2017, 03:20 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(12-26-2017, 05:34 PM)TJBender Wrote: Read through this graphic. If you remain convinced that the end of net neutrality in a situation with government-sanctioned monopolies is a good thing, then I give up. This is the most real-world analogy I've seen:





I'll also leave this here. It comes from a person I trust completely who works for a major internet provider in a position to know about such things. It goes like this: said major ISP is drawing up plans to introduce a "streaming package" and is actively seeking "partners" amongst major streaming services to be included in that package. The conversation about PR has centered around how to make it look like an "enhancement" to existing plans, even though the current working version has no decrease in anyone's bill, just an increase to those who wish to use streaming content.

So once, "Hey, look, we're speeding up your internet!" becomes, "Now we're going to charge you a whole lot more to do anything that benefits from that speed!", remember the day that a bought and paid for Verizon lawyer who weaseled his way into control of the FCC put a rule into effect that allows Verizon to act like the monopoly it is and leave its subscribers no recourse for those actions.

Interesting that a vegan CEO won't sell cheese for the hamburgers he does sell.

This would be applicable if it cost 2.99 to lay a mile of fiber optic high speed access.  I had a 124k access line in rural Missouri for 2 years and it sucked but no one was building fiber out to my house for the 100 people around me.  Government control of anything is a bad idea.

Do you like the DMV?  Paying taxes and then holding out your hand for a "tax return" yearly?  Everyone gets so excited when the government gives you back your money.  That's alright keep blaming big business on this stuff.  Big business helped write the "net neutrality" rules.  My company has stopped investing in the US because of the rules.  I know yeah but it is an evil ISP.  Yeah the one that has 200k employees and a large union force that has been getting killed by making high price items commodities. 

http://www.insidesources.com/investment-...mist-says/

Anyone have a problem with Google manipulating search results when you look for net neutrality counterpoints?  I do my best to not use their products and services.  They spy on you more than the US Government and have no problem belittling people that disagree with them.

https://patriotpost.us/articles/53348

Google do no evil.  sham

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