Posted on 12/14/2017 9:52:11 AM PST by Beowulf9
So in other words, exactly what net neutrality brought the consumer. Higher fees, data caps, content restrictions and throttling.
Perhaps you just missed what you are actually defending rather than the reality.
Yes, if you live in Spain. Not happening here; too much competition vs state monopolies.
So? Pay for the level of service you want, what’s wrong with that. Sounds like good old-fashioned Capitalism to me.
I’m not going to argue with anyone who wants to pay more and get less. Might have a bridge or some prime swampland to sell ‘em, though.
“Yes, if you live in Spain.”
That’s Portuguese, not Spanish.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171030/12364538513/portugal-shows-internet-why-net-neutrality-is-important.shtml
“Not happening here; too much competition vs state monopolies.”
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Maybe where you live there are thousands of ISPs offering broadband in price wars; for the rest of America that’s not the reality - monopoly is. All the FCC has done is put the monopoly in a place where they can really screwover their customers and charge them even more for less service.
I live in rural California. I have a choice of AT&T UVerse for 'high speed' internet of 12mbps, or DSL in the 1.5mbps - 7mbps range. I also have the option of LTE high speed wireless (18-35mbps), spread spectrum high speed wireless (50mbps - 100mbps), and two satellite options (15-85mbps.)
I'm relatively sure this puts me at or near the bottom of options in the United States compared to most of the country. A friend in the mountains above me pulls down 50mbps off of her Uverse and they've an extra wireless provider that I don't have access to.
My nephew in South Dakota wipes the board with his 100mbps connection and he regularly pits the local providers against each other.
If, somehow, you lived in one of the few places in the US which has even fewer options, a commercial sat uplink and associated local wideband equipment would easily be paid for by splitting it with 4 families (and if you split the bandwidth equally, that's 25mbps up/down for $100 per family per month, cheaper if you can add in some more neighbors.)
Plus, there's that little critical issue: net neutrality would not prevent your hypothetical worry. I'll remind you that AT&T Uverse and Comcast both rolled out their data caps AFTER the illegal legislative actions by the FCC. Oooh, but they'll waive it if you buy their cable service.
“if you split the bandwidth equally, that’s 25mbps up/down for $100 per family per month, cheaper if you can add in some more neighbors.”
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Oy. After that, I hope you’re still not wondering how well voters perceive the ending of NN. Not just awful policy, but also awful politics.
At any rate, this all has a lot of court battles and legislative process to go through, so overturning the rules might end up just being an ill-advised unenforced error.
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