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Old 12-07-2017, 09:36 PM   #1
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I have to wonder how Americans are responding to this not so new focus on businesses deciding the content you pay for?
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Old 12-08-2017, 12:12 AM   #2
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Our government officials are (more so than ever) beholden to money more than a sense of duty to protect their constituents or our democracy as a whole. This saddens me, though it doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
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Old 12-08-2017, 01:42 AM   #3
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Free market at work, and thank God for it. The internet got along just fine before Net Neutrality was a thing in 2015 and when people see that nothing bad happens we can forget about this hullabaloo.
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Old 12-08-2017, 01:52 AM   #4
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Default Re: net neutrality

I would like to believe everything will be just fine, but when I look at what Australia is going through with data caps and pay-by-day plans that are not optional and in addition to a regular service I am expecting the worst.
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Old 12-08-2017, 05:28 AM   #5
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I would like to believe everything will be just fine, but when I look at what Australia is going through with data caps and pay-by-day plans that are not optional and in addition to a regular service I am expecting the worst.

Non sensical yet you are right. Trying to get through nation wide oppurtunity in so much space and 25 million people is really difficult.
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Old 12-09-2017, 06:18 AM   #6
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In the UK we are reasonably well off. There are the sharks, eg free internet for a fee of only £19.99 per month plus £100 charges to get set up, but BT is a great provider and treats you well. You get what you pay for as well, regularly see 50Mb/s.

But since others are not so well off, I do think net neutrality should be opposed to avoid net restrictions spreading, like in Australia...
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Old 12-13-2017, 12:38 AM   #7
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The internet was deigned to set us all free...now the Americans are trying to ruin that aswel!

Sorry for those of you who are from the US but, you've a great country....but, shitty government!
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Old 12-13-2017, 02:12 AM   #8
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The internet was deigned to set us all free...now the Americans are trying to ruin that aswel!
The internet was designed for no such lofty notions as setting us free, lol. Any net neutrality issues concerning bandwidth, throttling, or teir pricing has no effect on other countries (like their rules do not effect the US).

I would argue that other countries are already "ruined" as I fear the American system will mirror the European/Australian one.

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Old 12-14-2017, 10:32 AM   #9
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I dont know where your pulling that out of but im from Ireland which is a voting member nation in the EU and we dont have anything of the like at all over here.
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Old 12-14-2017, 11:26 AM   #10
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Seriously, it’s a big nothing-burger. The internet blew past all expectations from it’s inception through 2015 without Net Neutrality regulations in place. And nothing is going to happen with those regulations repealed. If some ISP was stupid enough to ban certain websites and customers chose not to respond like a market would, then let the government try to fix the problem. (When it’s actually a problem).

If I had a dollar for every time a leftist was wrong, the leftists in Congress would try to tax the shit out of me.
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