Net Neutrality should not be a political issue (county, becoming, legal)

[PilgrimsProgress]

The market will decide who succeeds and who fails based on competition. That is how business has always worked. The government needs to butt out.

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by HockeyMac18

"No Issue".

ISPs were throttling data connections containing data packets from certain sites before 2015. You know this, correct?


It's very likely consumers weren't aware of this throttling - but it was happening.

under certain conditions. but the scare here is that ISPs will block consumer access to their online bank account.


that's the charge I was addressing. throttling happens but it doesn't happen the way people are being scared into believing.

[TEPLimey]

Originally Posted by BentBow

Who needs government involved in the internet in the first place. We were doing just fine without government oversight.

The problems started when government got involved and started monopolies.

Hey if you want to talk breaking up monopolies to allow for a more competitive market, I'm all for that. I would have much less of a problem with the repeal of net neutrality if I had 15 different ISPs to choose from. But I don't.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by unlblkrubi

If there are this many liberal armchair lawyers against this then it is a good thing.

And there it is folks! This sums it up.

May as well close the thread.

[illinoisphotographer]

Originally Posted by PilgrimsProgress

The market will decide who succeeds and who fails based on competition. That is how business has always worked. The government needs to butt out.

What competition? Most places don't have competition. I have Comcast or ****ty 3mbps DSL, so one real choice.

[HockeyMac18]

Originally Posted by Ferd

under certain conditions. but the scare here is that ISPs will block consumer access to their online bank account.


that's the charge I was addressing. throttling happens but it doesn't happen the way people are being scared into believing.

It's not totally about "blocking", per se - it's more about "paying to play" that is going to be the BIG loss for consumers.


If you're an ISP - this is a big win. There is very little good from a consumer end here.

[TEPLimey]

Originally Posted by PilgrimsProgress

The market will decide who succeeds and who fails based on competition. That is how business has always worked. The government needs to butt out.

Free market economics doesn't work in a monopolistic marketplace, John Maynard Keynes.

[Fox Terrier]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

Highlighted that how stupid people can still have an opinion on a subject that they have no freaking clue.

well, some posters already admitted they have no clue about NN but are still posting here for the sole objective of making fun of others. that's called trolling.

[zzzSnorlax]

Again, like other net neutrality threads, generally seems to break down in to 2 groups. People who are pro-net neutrality and people who aren't smart enough to understand what it is but are just dumb enough to spout off about it anyway. Three groups if you add in the trolls.

[man4857]

Originally Posted by BentBow

Who needs government involved in the internet in the first place. We were doing just fine without government oversight.

The problems started when government got involved and started monopolies.

Why are there speed limits again?