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To: Erik Latranyi
My long time friend is a top security expert for the SEC in washington DC,

Here are his comments about NET NEUTRALITY:

The Internet is like the roads. Anyone can drive and go everywhere equally. Remove neutrality, and all local roads become private, with the owner (ISP) charging you more if you drive to a business THEY DON'T OWN. Without neutrality, the Internet becomes a Company Town.

This is not good for regular people. Fantastic for Comcast, Verizon, and the like. They've just been given permission to set up unlimited toll booths and control the speed limits to everywhere.

Want to go to the movies? The Comcast theater is here for $10. No? You want to go to the Netflix theater? That costs extra to leave the plantation.

22 posted on 12/15/2017 8:13:55 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: VideoDoctor

>> The Internet is like the roads.

And what about the toll booths, EZ Pass, fuel tax, infrastructure tax?

The Internet is not like the roads. Poor analogy.


24 posted on 12/15/2017 8:18:34 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: VideoDoctor

Bad argument. The internet is NOT like the roads. It’s extremely decentralized. If one path is blocked, your packet takes another.

Bad, bad, bad simile.


26 posted on 12/15/2017 8:22:05 AM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: VideoDoctor
"They've just been given permission to set up unlimited toll booths and control the speed limits to everywhere."

McDonalds has permission to charge you anything they want for a BigMac, and put whatever the want in it. What do they do?

People have choices about which providers to use, including those people running major sites. A provider that doesn't server their interests will lose their business. This is what socialists never understand.

41 posted on 12/15/2017 9:09:36 AM PST by mlo
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