Quote:I'm not for censorship at all but I don't know enough about the subject to give you any options or thoughts. I know the idea that business is a parasite and we need government to fix it rarely leads to anything good.

 

70% of the US Internet market is controlled by 5 companies -- soon to be 4 if Comcast and Time Warner merge.  39% of the US have no choice of Broadband Providers at all.  With 65% having 2 or fewer choices.  

 

Keep in mind that these 5 companies will effectively have control over the internet.  Want to start your own social networking site?  You're going to have to pay huge amounts just to get equal speeds to your website.  And that's from startup.  Assuming they want to even allow you access to the fast lane at all if they have their own social networking site.


Then you have this:


http://www.republicreport.org/2014/comca...Q9ODkzMQ==


Someone writes an article that Comcast disagrees with?  "Take it down, or we'll put you in the slow lane!"

 

Big Businesses seeking control like this is part of the reason that big government is bad.  Because the ones with money are the ones that can and will use and abuse government to their advantage.

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