The short list of NetNeutrality supporters:
1) People who don’t know what Net Neutrality is
2) Socialists
3) People who want their neighbors to pay for their 24hr-a-day Netflix habit
4) Twitter bots
5) Countries who hate the US & want to ensure it loses its technology edge
“3) People who want their neighbors to pay for their 24hr-a-day Netflix habit”
That’s a very simplistic view. Companies like Comcast sell high profit TV services. They have an extreme vested interest in killing companies selling entertainment over IP. Without meaningful competition in many areas, without some type of enforcement they’re likely to do as they have done, and degrade or block access to competitors. AT&T is said to be rolling out an à la carte Internet TV service next year. We’ll see how that goes...
I’m not in favor of treating ISPs as utilities circa 1930, but when I pay for Internet service, I expect the best possible unfiltered access to whichever site I access. Without some type of formal guarantee, there’s nothing to stop Comcast or AT&T from (for instance) blocking or degrading conservative sites. How would you feel about that?
If we can get to the point where there are multiple real ISPs (not recycled cable TV companies) for most locations, that would help a lot. I’m also looking forward to the SpaceX satellite constellation making first-rate, low-latency service available everywhere, especially rural areas.
Agreed 100%.
As a shortcut, all you need to do is look at the people who support it in government to know you should be against it.
Nice list.
>>People who want their neighbors to pay for their 24hr-a-day Netflix habit
How do my neighbors pay for my internet connection? I pay for the highest level that uVerse sells.
I made a couple of additions to your excellent list.
The short list of NetNeutrality supporters:
1) People who don’t know what Net Neutrality is
2) Socialists/fascists/communists see #3
3) People who want their neighbors to pay for their 24hr-a-day Netflix habit or intensive internet use for games.
4) Twitter bots
5) Countries/Americans, who hate the US & want to ensure it loses its technology edge
Just wait in a week when no one will be even talking about this.
It was manufactured from the first day.
So what happened here in Canada with ISP providers is they put limits on how much high speed a user can have. You get various tiers to pay for. We are in the 500 GB tier, which we come close to, only because we are using Netflix on the highest quality setting. We pay $80 for it, which sucks, but I rather have that than the government get involved.