re: Comcast hints at plan for paid fast lanes after net neutrality repeal

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read a book.



Always the best policy

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Make sure you check with the Federal government to learn which books you should read.....

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Make sure you check with the Federal government to learn which books you should read.....

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or, you could leave it to the publishers who will let you only read three pages per day

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Did I do that? LINK?

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Come on bro

In previous threads you have been pushing the satellite and cell data providers are ISPs in the same realm at wired connection providers.

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In previous threads you have been pushing the satellite and cell data providers are ISPs in the same realm at wired connection providers.

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And you keep arguing that it requires a wire going into your residence in order to access the internet.

That's just sooooo 20th century thinking.....

That is backwards

All the innovation up to now has not had netneutrality

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you could leave it to the publishers who will let you only read three pages per day

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And zing, dont forget I have to pay extra if I want to read fast.

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FIFY

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The government is incompetent. Comcast has proven every single chance it’s ever gotten to be malicious and nefarious. They have a lower approval rating than the IRS. It’s as bizarre as saying “Hey Ted says he’s not going to kill anymore, so let’s give him another chance. 84th time may be the charm.”

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I never understood the liberal mentality of business being bad for the consumer while government is good.

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Because you don’t understand the difference between capitalism and corporatism.

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There is incentive for Comcast to do right by the consumers because of competition. They need to make us happy and give us stuff we want at a good price or else we bail and go elsewhere and they lose money. They want to make as much money as possible and that requires us to volunteer our money for their services over the services of their competitors. If I break their rules, they cancel my subscription and I have to go elsewhere.

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You’re fricking with me, right? You can’t possibly be this stupid and understand how a keyboard works.

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Because you don’t understand the difference between capitalism and corporatism.

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From Merriam-Webster:

Corporatism
the organization of a society into industrial and professional corporations serving as organs of political representation and exercising control over persons and activities within their jurisdiction

Capitalism
an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market

I'm describing concepts of Capitalism where competition in a free market prevents one corporation from screwing over everyone. If you don't think there's enough competition to keep Comcast from screwing over their customers, you should look at the reasons why there isn't enough competition, not immediately jump to government ownership or regulation.

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You’re fricking with me, right? You can’t possibly be this stupid and understand how a keyboard works.

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You're not going to win friends and influence people with statements like that.

Since you don't seem to understand what I was saying, I'll try to rephrase it: if there is competition between similar or same products or services in a free market, consumers can choose where to get their products or services from. They will choose the products or services that generally provides the best quality with the most options for the lowest price. If Comcast is sticking it to their customers on quality, options, and/or price, their customers will go to their competitor(s) who are offering more bang for their buck. It's why Comcast loses cable customers to Dish and vice versa and why both are losing business to Sling, PS Vu, and other streaming services. That's just how economics works. That threat of customers leaving for a competitor is what keeps Comcast (and other companies) in check. They aren't all-powerful like you think they are.

The only good thing the government can do here is to prevent monopolies from forming and encourage competition by helping reduce barriers to the market. Otherwise, they should stay out altogether.

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I’m still just in shock that people are dumb enough to think that anything Comcast wants is going to be good. Believing Comcast is up to something good like believing the same about Ted Bundy.

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who said something good? You guys sure like the setup your strawman

Companies compete. Despite the ignorance displayed on this board competition exist on multiple fronts. Not just between direct peer competitors

No human endeavor results in perfectly even results. This reality is what causes almost everyone who is in economic idiot to ask the government to try and accomplish that task. Somehow of course forgetting that government is composed of humans also.

So you guys can run around with your hair on fire all you want and beat up straw man if you like. But that's all you're doing