Do you pay bills, conduct business, or communicate with people through your television?

BTW, no one is arguing that the current model for television is a good thing. In fact, the television model is what many point to when we say that eliminating net neutrality is a terrible idea.

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Posted by elprez00

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Posted on 5/19/14 at 12:51 pm to Sophandros

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In fact, the television model is what many point to when we say that eliminating net neutrality is a terrible idea.

The internet revolutionized the way you get information. I think that revolution would have been decidedly muted had the TV model been put into place from the get go.

Serious question: do any other developed nations allow internet to be controlled the way we are about to?

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 5/19/14 at 12:52 pm to Sophandros

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Do you pay bills, conduct business, or communicate with people through your television?

nope, but that isn't what he said

i get the N/N argument and i'm not 100% opposed to it, but these discussions are basically impossible b/c the N/N proponents basically have reduced the argument to this: you can choose between (1) Net Neutrality or (2) worst possible case scenario for EVERYONE. there is no middle ground or shades of grey

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BTW, no one is arguing that the current model for television is a good thing.

i didn't, either. i just argued that "corporate gatekeepers" (whatever that is) are already (and have for a long time) determined what content/services consumers have access to

again, that's just an example of using these scary terms to describe a scenario to scare people, while ignoring how that is quite common. these discussions are not built on honest discussions. they have devolved into the black/white paradigm i listed above

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