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originally posted by: intrptr
Is it the slow lane for those that cannot afford the next upgrade package? Like Cable TV, one day they'll sell us our service in increments. If you want Email thats so may dollars a month. if you want news wire, again a few bucks. If you want to upload comments, start a website on the internet or access to porn or streaming channels then a bunch of dollars more.
If you want it all (that you currently have right now, plus "hi speed") it will eventually cost you hundreds.
Xfinity is working a deal to absorb Time Warner, right? A step in the wrong direction if you ask me.
originally posted by: AntiNWO
Don't have time to read the responses yet, so I don't know if anyone has already said this, but if the big conglomerates get their way you will be charged for internet service exactly the same way you're charged for data on your phone, and your internet bill will double. Mark my words.
originally posted by: DocMartigann
a reply to: FyreByrd
HA there is way to many people living in there parents garage, basement, ect.... that will never let that happen! plus the the proffesionals out there.
originally posted by: Not Authorized
a reply to: FyreByrd
Learn the proper order of this legally. Even if they rule this, I will consider this a violation of the RICO act, and, use my rights accordingly. At this point, the internet should be fully protected for us. It is a digital library of Alexandria, and it should be treated and referenced as such.
originally posted by: theantediluvian
originally posted by: Not Authorized
a reply to: stargatetravels
I disagree. That idea is propaganda.
How are you going to shutdown the Bitcoin network? They are the largest hashing network on the planet.
They could easily be the internet 2.0 if threatened.
No. The Bitcoin network is a P2P network using TCP over IP (in this case, the IP network IS the Internet). The Bitcoin protocol is application layer.
The issue is Net Neutrality or basically that ISPs shouldn't have the right to pick and choose how they allocate bandwidth dependent on the type of traffic or the destination. Imagine for example that Comcast was in a deal with Hulu to throttle Netflix connections, thereby tanking Netflix among Comcast subscribers. Take that to the next logical step and they could throttle news sites they don't like to a crawl or block them altogether, making themselves Internet censors.
We don't need to treat ISPs as a public utility, that's part of the problem — we need to recognize net neutrality as a civil liberty.
But access to personal and user driven content will be limited to what's left over.
The greed in this country knows no end.
originally posted by: intrptr
The powers that be would like information dissemination to return to that one sided one direction propagation.
Resolving the last-mile monopoly issue is separate and distinct from creating a government mandate that effectively allows established businesses to shift their cost onto others who do not wish to consume their service.
At the end of the day what those arguing for "Net Neutrality" in the context of today's submissions are demanding is the ability to use government force to compel the subsidization of a private, for-profit business service.
This seems to be one of those issues where people should be careful what they wish for because they might just get it.
originally posted by: wantsome
I don't understand all of this or how it works but I know one thing we the people are the ones that always get screwed someway somehow. The whole system is rotten to the core in this country. It's all about how much they can milk from us and line their pockets. Everywhere I go I get screwed. I get screwed at the grocery store I get screwed at the gas pump I get screwed on my electric bill. I'm sick and tired of it. The greed in this country knows no end.
originally posted by: jacobe001
a reply to: FyreByrd
The Corporate Conglomerates are screaming for Big Government to interfere with the markets on their behalf.
We see where the interference is and it is coming from the top elite themselves.
originally posted by: jefwane
I"m not by any means an expert on this, but I have read a different side to the story than what is posted here mainly.
I read Karl Denninger's market-ticker.org..." target="_blank" class="postlink" rel="nofollow">Market Ticker Blogalmost every day. As a former CEO of an ISP I tend to trust his views on this more than anyone else I see here or in the MSM. He's posted his views on the net neutrality debate in a recent blog The Net Neutrality Debacle
in which he states
Resolving the last-mile monopoly issue is separate and distinct from creating a government mandate that effectively allows established businesses to shift their cost onto others who do not wish to consume their service.
At the end of the day what those arguing for "Net Neutrality" in the context of today's submissions are demanding is the ability to use government force to compel the subsidization of a private, for-profit business service.
What he's basically saying is that many of those arguing for net neutrality are doing so because their business relies on the current state of affairs. Netflix and other full-movie streaming services in particular, and if they get this "Net Neutrality", that everyone with internet will be subsidizing Netflix customers usage through higher costs on their internet bill rather than the consumers of those services paying for it through their subscriptions. Also, there is the disturbing trend on Facebook and other sites where ads that you can't close are launching with streaming video and audio. So, by and large most of those in favor of "Net Neutrality" are actually arguing that anyone who pays for an internet subscription should pay for their neighbors Netflix usage and Facebook's ad's with streaming video, rather than netflix charging their customers more for their services and Facebook paying for the bandwith they use to try to sell you something.
This seems to be one of those issues where people should be careful what they wish for because they might just get it.