On 12/15/2017 11:05 AM, Dene wrote:
> On Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 7:33:28 PM UTC-8, Carbon wrote:
>> On 12/14/2017 09:02 PM, Carbon wrote:
>>> On 12/14/2017 04:52 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
>>>> On 2017-12-14 12:49 PM, MNMikeW wrote:
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>>>>> Well, after tax reform kills millions upon millions of people, looks
>>>>> like net neutrality is going to finish the rest of us off.
>>>>>
>>>>> The media hysteria is hilarious.
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>>>> Educate yourself:
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https://www.wired.com/story/net-neutrality-fight-wired-guide/>
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>>> The suckers who support Trump have no idea what Net Neutrality is and have no idea that they've just been screwed. I'd laugh at their utter cluelessness but unfortunately this sell-out affects me as well.
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>> We are going to get screwed in other ways of course, but here's a taste for the suckers:
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>> In Portugal, with no net neutrality, internet providers are starting to split the net into packages...
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https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/923701871092441088/photo/1
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> There is a lot of competition among internet providers....correct?
No. There really isn't.
> So if one starts to play that game, would they not lose a lot of subscribers in the process?
See above. The big ISPs are going to abuse this new power every way they can. New ISP with lower prices? Turn off the taps. Then once you run off all the competition you can really put the screws to your customers. Not that you aren't already selling bucketloads of information about their customers without their knowledge or consent.
> Honest competition keeps competing companies honest.
But price-fixing is so much more profitable.
> You don't always need big brother to enforce this principle.
I'm impressed by how often we get to relearn the necessity of anti-trust legislation.
> Another scenario. Say I'm paying $70/mo. for my internet access but they approach me with a $40/mo. package that limits streaming video. Personally I would take it. Something wrong with that?
Only if you think your electric company should be able to charge different rates for stove power, fridge power, tv power...