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Where do you stand on net neutrality?
Posted on 11/18/17 at 12:43 am
Posted on 11/18/17 at 12:43 am
I admit I'm no expert, but from what I understand, I'm sort of in favor of dismantling it if it means less people get access and thus less crap and garbage gets released onto the net.
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Posted on 11/18/17 at 12:51 am to Parmen
Oh my.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 1:14 am to Parmen
This? At 1:15am? I mean it’s so loaded... sigh...
ETA: As is everything in America, it’s friggin awesome if it works out in your favor. If not, it’s the worst thing since slavery.
ETA: As is everything in America, it’s friggin awesome if it works out in your favor. If not, it’s the worst thing since slavery.
This post was edited on 11/18/17 at 1:16 am
Posted on 11/18/17 at 9:47 am to Parmen
Internet provides are the worst of the worst. But we need to give them the keys to the kingdom. ...
Posted on 11/18/17 at 9:57 am to Parmen
You can’t be serious.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:01 am to Parmen
Are you a paid shill?
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:16 am to Parmen
Anyone who wants to overturn it is a commie.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:36 am to UltimaParadox
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Are you a paid shill?
I wish.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:43 am to Parmen
It's hard for me to understand why anyone would be against net neutrality. Equal access for all users and companies. Not allowing large companies determine what is allowed on the internet is what made it the most useful tool on the planet.
The only argument is more government is bad, but in this case it makes sense. Internet access is valuable and almost a utility at this point. The landscape as has changed and the internet service providers have more interests then providing you internet access. I believe net neutrality keeps everyone honest.
The only argument is more government is bad, but in this case it makes sense. Internet access is valuable and almost a utility at this point. The landscape as has changed and the internet service providers have more interests then providing you internet access. I believe net neutrality keeps everyone honest.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 2:15 pm to Parmen
Lean in favor.
On one hand, we did just fine without it before 2015.
On the other hand, I don't want local ISPs to be able to dictate what content I'm allowed to see. (And conservatives should be worried given the liberal bent of the tech industry - if companies start discriminating, you'll see them throttle Fox and Breitbart in order to silence dissent.)
On one hand, we did just fine without it before 2015.
On the other hand, I don't want local ISPs to be able to dictate what content I'm allowed to see. (And conservatives should be worried given the liberal bent of the tech industry - if companies start discriminating, you'll see them throttle Fox and Breitbart in order to silence dissent.)
Posted on 11/18/17 at 2:55 pm to Parmen
My stance.....people are dumb.
We don't win with or without net neutrality. We are fighting the wrong battle.
We don't win with or without net neutrality. We are fighting the wrong battle.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 5:41 pm to Parmen
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shameless bump
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to downvote you twice.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 5:48 pm to Parmen
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I'm sort of in favor of dismantling it if it means less people get access and thus less crap and garbage gets released onto the net.
Christ on a cracker. We should dismantle the 1st amendment if it means dumb people can't talk??
Posted on 11/18/17 at 7:17 pm to Parmen
Internet providers are also content providers. The internet providers usually have monopolies or near monopolies on markets. The internet providers should not be allowed to use that to monopolize the content delivery side.
Net neutrality is needed now and becoming more necessary as more options come around on the content side which oppose the content provided by the internet providers.
Net neutrality is needed now and becoming more necessary as more options come around on the content side which oppose the content provided by the internet providers.
This post was edited on 11/18/17 at 7:18 pm
Posted on 11/18/17 at 9:28 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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On one hand, we did just fine without it before 2015
We did mostly fine without net neutrality rules before then. For the most part, we have always enjoyed the principles of net neutrality. The reason we need rules is that more and more ISPs have shown their willingness to break the principles of net neutrality when it benefits them.
If anyone tells you we don't need rules now because we didn't need rules before, they should immediately be ignored.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 11:27 pm to AUCE05
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Anyone who wants to overturn it is a commie
Anyone that wants the government out of regulating private business is the communist?
Posted on 11/18/17 at 11:44 pm to Parmen
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I admit I'm no expert, but from what I understand, I'm sort of in favor of dismantling it if it means less people get access and thus less crap and garbage gets released onto the net.
Your grasp on NN is not accurate.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 9:45 am to lsu223
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Anyone that wants the government out of regulating private business is the communist?
Exactly. The internet is a private commodity, not a public utility. Considering the vast majority of people need an ISP to get to it, it’s not a public utility. Government needs to stay out the internet
Posted on 11/20/17 at 7:28 am to Parmen
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The internet is a private commodity, not a public utility
It walks and talks an awful lot like a utility. With all the infrastructure required, the ISP industry leads to natural monopolies (like most utilities do).
You can blame government involvement all you want, but the fact is monopolies will arise anywhere very large investment is required just to serve more customers. And where there are monopolies, companies will tend to abuse that position.
So, unless you can devise a way to force competition (without going full commie and seizing assets), regulation is required.
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