re: Net Neutrality LIVE Vote • OFFICIAL RESULTS • Neutrality is Abolished

Who’s that list?

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. Since we all still have many choices for ISPs, competition will keep prices down for all of us.

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None of that is a reason for a repeal of net neutrality though.

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The only strategy that will actually have an impact on the ISP monopoly is deregulation and getting rid of NN is the first step in that IMO. Get the Gov out of it as much as possible.

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Republican voters aren't the brightest and typically vote against there own self interest except for the wealthy.

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this really isn't much of a partisan issue

It's perfectly fine to be a small govt Republican and have a general world view of low taxes, less regulation is good...and then make exceptions.

Being an ideologue is what is stupid

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Realistic price point for TD access: $1/month?

I would pay it.

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Is that with or without all the annoying ads that slow down the site?

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The baws who sold us out: 

Mo Brooks, Alabama, $26,000 
Ron Estes, Kansas, $13,807 
Thomas Massie, Kentucky, $25,000 
Ralph Norman, South Carolina, $15,050 
John Moolenaar, Michigan, $25,000 
Neal Dunn, Florida, $18,500 
Mike Bishop, Michigan, $68,250 
Alex Mooney, West Virginia, $17,750 
Glenn “GT” Thompson, Pennsylvania, $70,500 
Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri, $105,000 
Paul Gosar, Arizona, $12,250 
Richard W. Allen, Georgia, $24,250 
Kevin Cramer, North Dakota, $168,500 
Greg Walden, Oregon, $1,605,986 
Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee, $600,999 
Billy Long, Missouri, $221,500 
Gregg Harper, Mississippi, $245,200 
Brett Guthrie, Kentucky, $398,500 
Bill Johnson, Ohio, $196,666 
Jeff Duncan, South Carolina, $41,830 
Earl “Buddy” Carter, Georgia, $39,250 
Susan Brooks, Indiana, $168,500 
Gus Bilirakis, Florida, $234,400 
Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma, $141,750 
Mimi Walters, California, $161,500 
Joe Barton, Texas, $1,262,757 
Bill Flores, Texas, $127,500 
Pete Olson, Texas, $220,500 
Morgan Griffith, Virginia, $198,900 
Tim Walberg, Michigan, $131,850 
Fred Upton, Michigan, $1,590,125 
Joe Wilson, South Carolina, $104,750 
Martha McSally, Arizona, $84,936 
Blake Farenthold, Texas, $64,250 
Steve Womack, Arkansas, $104,750 
Tom Marino, Pennsylvania, $130,700 
Louie Gohmert, Texas, $85,055 
Walter Jones, North Carolina, $72,800 
Leonard Lance, New Jersey, $290,550 
Steve Chabot, Ohio, $332,083 
Bob Goodlatte, Virginia, $815,099 
Andy Biggs, Arizona, $19,500 
Mark Walker, North Carolina, $35,750 
Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin, $21,200 
Ken Buck, Colorado, $79,350 
Larry Bucshon, Indiana, $71,750 
Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee, $42,00 
David Rouzer, North Carolina, $34,300 
Paul Mitchell, Michigan, $18,000 
Hal Rogers, Kentucky, $360,450 
Doug Collins, Georgia, $103,600 
Ralph Abraham, Louisiana, $27,300 
Mark Meadows, North Carolina, $14,500 
Michael McCaul, Texas, $216,500 
Jeb Hensarling, Texas, $270,198 
Mike Simpson, Idaho, $125,200 
Tom Emmer, Minnesota, $28,500 
Randy Weber, Texas, $13,750 
Rob Woodall, Georgia, $60,250 
Ted Budd, North Carolina, $15,500 
Ken Calvert, California, $219,212 
Diane Black, Tennessee, $104,750 
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina, $115,700 
Sam Johnson, Texas, $219,785 
James Comer, Kentucky, $22,750 
Trey Gowdy, South Carolina, $83,250 
Lamar Smith, Texas, $810,462 
Steven A King, Iowa, $210,810 
George Holding, North Carolina, $97,750 
Rob Wittman, Virginia, $57,250 
John Lee Ratcliffe, Texas, $53,950 
Jason Lewis, Minnesota, $21,050 
Jim Banks, Indiana, $16,303 
Bill Huizenga, Michigan, $34,000 
Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania, $202,500 
Steven Russell, Oklahoma, $23,500 
Adrian Smith, Nebraska, $165,834 
Jody B Hice, Georgia, $21,000 
Richard Hudson, North Carolina, $136,750 
Douglas L Lamborn, Colorado, $110,543 
Chris Collins, New York, $151,060 
Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, Washington, $673,530 
Brad Wenstrup, Ohio, $33,750 
Andy Barr, Kentucky, $51,100

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For those wondering these are the republicans who voted to kill net neutrality and the amount the corporations paid for each vote in campaign contributions.

Exactly. It will be extremely hard for a local provider to offer better packages than the behemoth. And the behemoth can temporarily offer better deals and then as soon as the local provider is out of business they go back up.

As people are saying we aren’t starting ISP’s from scratch and letting everyone compete. There are already established monopolies than will be incredibly hard to dethrone. And even if you’re a fortunate person with two options....hooray! We’ve seen how well just two options works in government.

In a big urban area people will likely have a few options, but people in smaller towns or rural areas will likely get fricked.

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Fred stop with the logic.

I like rotating Gexa / Green Mountain / TXU / Reliant every year for 6-7 cent kW/h rates

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You really need to read up on the deregulation of Texas power utilities.

Focus on the use of incumbent lines and the price to beat regulation that's included.

You know what the biggest threat to old school cable/fiber internet providers is?

Spectrum wireless internet.

You know what the biggest cable providers are doing right now? Buying all the spectrum so no one can use it.