re: No One Should Fear the Death of Net Neutrality

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wait, what?

any order will have a hard time in courts even without the public outcry

in other words, this has next to zero chance of being "dead"

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This is true, bad choice of wording by me. I'll change it to "No One Should Fear the Death of Net Neutrality"

However, I do think the chance is much higher than "next to zero"

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TL, DR - Giving the government additional power to regulate a $1 trillion dollar industry is never a good plan.

A bit more,

Net Neutrality isn't what you want it to be or what you don't want it to be, it is derived from the letter of the law. It appears that very few people actually know what powers are granted to the government by Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. Title II gives the government the power to impose rate-of-return, raise taxes, levy fees, review and approve/disapprove new business models or technologies, etc.

Is that really a big deal? That depends, does putting $1 trillion in GDP and 2.5 million jobs under the jurisdiction of a new regulatory regime seem like a big deal? Surely, the government wouldn't feel the need to pick winners and losers in this situation. The US government is so honest and so above reproach that it wouldn't be under the influence of the lobbying of Facebook, Google & Amazon. Right?

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Ive been trying to tell folks this but they found some meme on Reddit and are running with it.

It gives the government the same powers over your isp that they have over your trash company or electric company

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Monopolies cannot exist in a truly free market.

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Sure they can. With enough collusion and with little regulation, monopolies absolutely can exist.

You think someone is going to step up and create another internet anytime soon?

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The consumer internet existed without "Net Neutrality" for 25+ years and has continued to improve without it.

If it ain't broke...

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That is until ISPs decided to change the game and show their true intentions.

I have two options for home internet: Comcast or ATT. Both want to throttle me. How does ending NN help me? It doesn’t.

I have two options for cellular service: Verizon or ATT. Both want to throttle me. How does ending NN help me? It doesn’t.

It fricks me. There are NO other options in the sacred holy grounds that is the “free market”.

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I have two options for home internet: Comcast or ATT. Both want to throttle me. How does ending NN help me? It doesn’t.

I have two options for cellular service: Verizon or ATT. Both want to throttle me. How does ending NN help me? It doesn’t.

It fricks me. There are NO other options in the sacred holy grounds that is the “free market”.

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How do you know they want to throttle you? Also, if you have AT&T then you probably also have access to Cricket.

It's not s free market because government (usually local) controls the entry. How about we work on government involvement that is harmful to a free and open market before wanting to get more government involvement?

thus board actually thinks pure unregulated capitalism is a good thing for society.

the free market would RAPE the internet. look at every industry the past 20 years. any excuse to make a fricking dollar.

No evidence? Of things that have already happened?

Free market? What free market? Ask Google how free the market is while they are in courts for months/years just trying to get access to poles.

Choice? Hahaha one of my 2 choices is 5Mbps(500KB/sec for the slow folk who have drunk themselves stupid) at&t. Guess ill enjoy the 480p streaming video.

Love how everyone is jumping ship from the cable tv model and people here are so caught up in their politics they are cheering on the internet turning into it.

Good luck getting a youtube competitor when youtube is on the basic internet package and the startup is on the equivalent of the Fox sports 8 package for $10 more a month.