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    net neutrality is over

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    It's a sad day, but that is what uninformed people wanted when they voted in people!!
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    Very sad day indeed...
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    The internet worked fine before 2015. Hopefully this will allow more people access to the internet as new technologies like Fixed Wireless will be introduced, which would have been hampered by net neutrality, and less bureaucracy as government should stay out of the way of progress. I'm neutral on "net neutrality", as that term implied that ISPs would block on their own accord smaller companies, but public pressure actually stops that from happening, or that people would have to pay more for faster internet speeds... well we do that already... and since "net neutrality" came in, the prices have spiked on the traditional ISPs. On the other hand, I don't believe in someone censoring legal content, but like I said before, that wasn't an issue before the rules.

    Google has lots of money... they can develop their own methods to deliver content if they want to.

    Here's an opinion piece looking at what is holding us back...the lack of competition.

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    https://www.tomsguide.com/us/why-us-internet-is-slow-and-expensive,news-26251.html
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    and i have some ocean front property in Arizona to sell you Dara on the cheap!!

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    Last edited by Kimbo; 12-14-2017 at 10:59 PM.

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    Just want to say... follow the money. Why was this an issue in 2015? It's all politics and big donors (re:Google, Facebook, Amazon). Meanwhile, companies trying to innovate had to go to the government to get permission to do so, slowing development. Government should just get out the way. Bring on faster wireless 5G!

    By the way, Cali is probably going to sink in the ocean after the big one... so that might be a good bet.

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    Well if we follow the money we need to follow the money both ways and the people that sit now making decisions, so it does makes sense. First of all I want to be naive to believe that a few conglomerates want to make money from other conglomerates without the expecting the costs to be trickle down to the customers. Then the innovation factor it might be slowed down by government regulations which are in place to protect all customers. There is truly no way to see this has a good thing unless you are profiting form it. but that is just my humble opinion!!

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    This was done in customery Trump-fashion...governance by amateurs and idiots. If the immediate past portends the future, get ready for a very rough ride.

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    Could not have said it any better Ilan!!!

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    So, without looking at politics and contributors, and avoiding namecalling, what exactly is "net neutrality". What the FCC did in 2015 was to essentially declare ISPs as "common carriers", like wireline telephone companies, then forced them to treat all traffic as equal, no matter where they came from. Sounds nice, huh? So small users aren't excluded from injecting content into the internet by the bad ISPs. But in reality, streaming traffic is now dominating usage of the internet, by big streaming companies like Google Netflix and Hulu, (and others that you may know of, lol). They like that they can dominate the internet without having to pay more for it. And yes, consumers will ultimately pay, but unless there is competition and innovation, there is no way for the prices to come down.

    Here's some info on why nothing bad will happen to consumers. ISP's still have to follow fairness rules, and maybe the best place to normalize this is not to rely on a 1934 outdated law, and actually have the legislators figure this out, than a 5 member FCC.

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    https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-internet-is-free-again-1513297405
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