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To: Olog-hai
Net neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers shouldn’t block, manipulate or slow data moving across their networks.

Makes no mention of government doing the same.

9 posted on 10/09/2014 5:58:55 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (Obama Legacy: Bush's fault. Next guy's problem.)
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To: Mygirlsmom
...government doing the same.

Exactly. Supposedly the eevil giant corporations are shaping the bandwidth on ISPs they control so co-owned, allied, affiliated etc. content gets preferential treatment. And that may be so at some place and time where I have never been.

And I am no fan of horizontal concentration or vertical integration in media enterprises and indeed, I actively boycott certain entities who are offensive to those scruples, and if I bought naked internet service at,say, 100mbps I would want all of that bandwidth to be available for any source from which I choose to use content, even though VIOS (or whomever) might rather throttle non users of its premium content at peak times.

BUT, that having been said, any fool knows that if any form of content and bandwidth monitoring and control is given to a commission of political appointees, the cure is GUARANTEED to be worse than the disease.

DO. NOT. WANT.

32 posted on 10/09/2014 6:36:07 PM PDT by Clinging Bitterly (I will not comply.)
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To: Mygirlsmom; All
"Net neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers shouldn’t block, manipulate or slow data moving across their networks". Makes no mention of government doing the same".

Folks, let me TRY to educate. I've been in this business for 30 years.

Government and CONTENT providers, especially Google and Apple want to prevent the backbone providers (There's only a few, AT&T is one, Sprint...Verizon...UUNET...etc.) from offering a better Class of Service (something done on EVERY other corporate and National network, worldwide) for those willing to pay a higher fee to access the backbone.

This is a service only VIDEO or TELEPHONY content providers will want to pay for.

Nobody else, and no other content will be effected.

I promise.

33 posted on 10/09/2014 6:38:32 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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