re: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai: Why He's Rejecting Net Neutrality

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of course it is. Customers make trade-offs all the time. There is absolutely a price point at which your desire to park in tiny spaces will cease to exist for buying a moped

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I mean the only reason that someone who buys a moped to commute in Asian city and to park his “vehicle” in an apartment building hallway would buy a BMW is so that he can go resell it for a profit.

There are some people who simply can’t ytilize a BMW.

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and there is absolutely a price point at which choosing a moped Will trump your desire to go 100 miles an hour

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There is no price point in which I would buy a moped except to go sell it for a profit. The Moped simply doesn’t meet my needs in a commuter vehicle. Therefore I won’t buy one for that purpose.

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The two products set floors and ceilings for each other and they absolutely compete no matter how many scenarios you try to devise saying they won't

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For a lot of people, maybe most people sure the two compete. I have no problems acknowledging this. I’m just making a point that there is no one single consumer by which you can judge these things. Each person’s needs are different, and two things that might be competitors to me aren’t to you.

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For a lot of people, maybe most people sure the two compete. I have no problems acknowledging this. I’m just making a point that there is no one single consumer by which you can judge these things. Each person’s needs are different, and two things that might be competitors to me aren’t to you.

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Well this is true, some people still have dial up and are happy with it. However the future is wireless and companies like Comcast and att will compete with Verizon for the future of wireless. It doesn't mean 100% compliance, but I'm positive it will be for the average American home.

Again, mobile technology will approach the fastest wired speeds consumers can now get and it will be a free for all

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The two are not even the same quality of car.

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Irrelevant, they're competitors.

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If BMW jacks up its price, you don't think their direct competitors like Audi or Benz will try to under cut them.

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Oh for frick's sake. You want me to do the FULL market comparison.

OK. If all high end car prices start riding up.........at SOME point, the Kia becomes a viable alternative even for the people who want high end cars.

And, if Kia starts to lose cost control, at some point, the people looking for bargains will say "frick it, I'm buying a high end car".

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I mean the only reason that someone who buys a moped to commute in Asian city and to park his “vehicle” in an apartment building hallway would buy a BMW is so that he can go resell it for a profit.

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LOL. OK.

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re are some people who simply can’t ytilize a BMW.

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The fact that SOME customers will never consider something a competitor does not negate that it absolutely is a competitor.

I mean, fish is a competitor to steak. The fact some people refuse to eat fish under any circumstances doesn't change that. The fact that some people are allergic to seafood doesn't change that.

You see. You tech guys really need to brush up on your business.

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There is no price point in which I would buy a moped except to go sell it for a profit. The Moped simply doesn’t meet my needs in a commuter vehicle. Therefore I won’t buy one for that purpose.

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LOL. OK. You are the exception to all of economics. If the cheapest car on the planet was 100K.......and you needed trans faster than your feet........you'd still say "frick that moped".

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It's fascinating. They genuinely seem to think that if a product can't COMPLETELY supplant another product, then it isn't "competing" with it.

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Yep. I'll bet they don't apply those same standards everywhere.

I'm exited about the prospects. The next 10-15 years are going to be fun.

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Yep. I'll bet they don't apply those same standards everywhere. I'm exited about the prospects. The next 10-15 years are going to be fun.

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This is why I laugh at the questions that are something like, "oh yeah, well what do YOU think will happen?"

Dude. If I know nothing else, I know that in 10 years, I'm going to be bumping into shite no one is even WRITING about today and if they are.........no one is listening.

I'm beginning to understand your reluctance to NN being ditched.

You said you easily use 1 TB/month and you want to pay the same amount each month as the other poster who said he only uses 400 GB/month.

So you want him to subsidize your more than double monthly usage.

Just admit you're a socialist and move on......

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for the home user it will be wireless

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For the casual home user. If you play video games or stream live high resolution video I am skeptical.

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai: Why He's Rejecting Net Neutrality
I'm beginning to understand your reluctance to NN being ditched.

You said you easily use 1 TB/month and you want to pay the same amount each month as the other poster who said he only uses 400 GB/month.

So you want him to subsidize your more than double monthly usage.

Just admit you're a socialist and move on......

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1 TB isn’t a lot of data for one

And with quality of content going up it really won’t be tons of data. He uses less data bc he has cable tv, we don’t have cable and use streaming platforms.

Data caps are bullshite