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RE: What the Net Neutrality Rollback Means for Netflix Users - Millhouse - 03-26-2017 I am all for net neutrality. ISPs should not be the ones to decide what I can and cant do on the internet, or limit what sites I want to use. At least for now. In 10-20 years when bandwidth usage wont even be an issue when ISPs like Google is doing now are offering over a gigabyte/second speeds, and net neutrality wont matter nearly as much. RE: What the Net Neutrality Rollback Means for Netflix Users - BoomerFan - 03-26-2017 (03-26-2017, 07:38 PM)Millhouse Wrote: In 10-20 years when bandwidth usage wont even be an issue when ISPs like Google is doing now are offering over a gigabyte/second speeds, and net neutrality wont matter nearly as much. Perhaps, though we've always found new things to do with more bandwidth in the past. Private Internet Access, a VPN provider, takes out an ad in The New York Time calling out 50 senators: ![]() RE: What the Net Neutrality Rollback Means for Netflix Users - CageTheBengal - 03-27-2017 (03-26-2017, 07:38 PM)Millhouse Wrote: I am all for net neutrality. ISPs should not be the ones to decide what I can and cant do on the internet, or limit what sites I want to use. Part of the problem is AT&T and other big ISPs own the infrastructure and are doing all they can to prevent Google from hooking up fiber optics while refusing to upgrade the infrastructure themselves. RE: What the Net Neutrality Rollback Means for Netflix Users - Belsnickel - 03-27-2017 I am not too familiar with the whole issue, but it seems to me like internet access may be better served being treated like a public utility and hand it off to public enterprises. It's getting to the point in our society where internet access should be considered a public good, and it is obvious that the free market will not be able (read: willing) to provide this in an equitable way. RE: What the Net Neutrality Rollback Means for Netflix Users - Goalpost - 03-27-2017 (03-27-2017, 01:20 PM)CageTheBengal Wrote: Part of the problem is AT&T and other big ISPs own the infrastructure and are doing all they can to prevent Google from hooking up fiber optics while refusing to upgrade the infrastructure themselves. Money is a big issue here between the infrastructure group and those that seek access. It is expensive to build the infrastructure and there is a cost to maintain it as well. And let's face it, there is competition in the content delivered. If you owned a cake company, would you let your competition use your equipment and then sell at a lower price because they don't have your equipment costs? RE: What the Net Neutrality Rollback Means for Netflix Users - CKwi88 - 03-27-2017 (03-27-2017, 01:37 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I am not too familiar with the whole issue, but it seems to me like internet access may be better served being treated like a public utility and hand it off to public enterprises. It's getting to the point in our society where internet access should be considered a public good, and it is obvious that the free market will not be able (read: willing) to provide this in an equitable way. Get outta here you commy! ![]() RE: What the Net Neutrality Rollback Means for Netflix Users - Belsnickel - 03-27-2017 (03-27-2017, 02:19 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: Get outta here you commy! Socialist. There is a difference. ![]() RE: What the Net Neutrality Rollback Means for Netflix Users - CageTheBengal - 03-27-2017 (03-27-2017, 01:44 PM)Goalpost Wrote: Money is a big issue here between the infrastructure group and those that seek access. It is expensive to build the infrastructure and there is a cost to maintain it as well. And let's face it, there is competition in the content delivered. If you owned a cake company, would you let your competition use your equipment and then sell at a lower price because they don't have your equipment costs? I don't see a point in comparing a cake company to an internet provider because I believe the internet should be looked at as a utility. Most places don't even have paper job applications to handout anymore and it's tool that can help uplift citizens through various methods of education. The reason why cable companies and other ISPs need to be regulated is because they abused their power in the first place with shady marketing techniques and lies about the service they were providing the consumer. Which isn't surprising considering the reputation the big players in the internet game have. They refuse to let Google upgrade their infrastructure and meanwhile they refuse to upgrade themselves, there is still a lot of rural areas blacked out that have to rely on satellite internet companies who charge more or the same for a fraction of the service or no coverage at all and they are playing the consumer while actively seeking new ways to do so. They've had their chance and look what they've done with it. RE: What the Net Neutrality Rollback Means for Netflix Users - samhain - 03-28-2017 (03-26-2017, 08:39 PM)BoomerFan Wrote: Perhaps, though we've always found new things to do with more bandwidth in the past. LOL. There's actually a United States senator named Crapo. RE: What the Net Neutrality Rollback Means for Netflix Users - Belsnickel - 03-30-2017 http://resistancereport.com/news/cards-humanity-creator-just-pledged-buy-publish-congresss-browser-history/ Quote:Creator of popular card game “Cards Against Humanity” Max Temkin vowed that if Congress voted to attack net neutrality, that he would purchase Congress’ browser history and publish it. The last bit is a gem: Quote:But the actions of Mr. Temkin lend credence to the dire warning given by the campaign director of activist group Fight for the Future: “Congress should know by now that when you come for the Internet, the Internet comes for you.” RE: What the Net Neutrality Rollback Means for Netflix Users - Fan_in_Kettering - 03-30-2017 Net neutrality, censorship, tomato, tomahto.... RE: What the Net Neutrality Rollback Means for Netflix Users - GMDino - 04-23-2017 This popped up in my memories on FB from six years ago: http://www.rawstory.com/2011/04/conservative-activist-bible-ben-franklin-pilgrims-all-opposed-to-net-neutrality/ Quote:Conservative activist: Bible, Ben Franklin, Pilgrims all opposed to net neutrality |