Net Neutrality repealed

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I read 80%+ opposed repealing net neutrality. I wonder how many of that percentage actually know what net neutrality does.

The first time I ever got published was an article on Net Neutrality. I compared it to recent events -- Hurricane Katrina. (And I was old back then too. lol)

Truth is the assumption is that the Internet can be captured by one big business. 193 countries in the world, (last I heard.) Not a single company has that much clot!

And we have been abused by big business already with the Internet. It's not coincident that logging on the Internet cost so much more than it did a mere three years ago, when what was enacted was enacted. Comcast and AT&T/Verizon did collude to set prices higher and higher. And they have lied to us about how much it cost every month. I'm paying "$55" for internet access and landline. So why am I paying $89? "Taxes and surcharges." And why is it I know it will hit over $100 a month come February? (That's 9.9% of my monthly income. Good thing, I'm married and count on his income too.)

But we are consumers. We do have a voice that is supposed to stop business from being overly greedy. It's called "boycott."

It's time people stop expecting government to take care of us, and fight for ourselves. Nothing stops business from being greedy faster than losing customer base.

But people have become greedier, and actually think $400 a month for phone and Internet for the family is reasonable because they're that important.

 

[Depleted]

It's about phone companies being able to slow your internet connection when you get close to your monthly data limit on your phone (so you will want to pay for a higher data limit).

They were already doing this in 2015 and people started complaining, and that is why the "Net Neutrality" law was passed. It forbids phone companies from slowing down (throttling) your internet connection on your phone when you get close to your data limit.

Now that the law has been revoked, they can once again slow down your connection if they want to.

This only affects cellphone internet because it has monthly data limits, not laptops or desktops.

In reality, isn't that your problem? Either you're over using or you think your phone is to access everything and suddenly you need all that access?

Our internet access is slow because we can't afford high speed. Honestly? I don't know the difference to care. Something like the difference in a digital camera between 8 pixel images and 16. No one can see above 8 anyway, but everyone wants more and more even when they can't see the difference. I'd call that greed.

So why complain the greedy are after the greedy?

You're right. They were doing that in 2015... and never stopped doing it.

 

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Big companies will use this to drive small companies out of business.



It's like this:

1. Business travels on the internet, just like truckers travel on highways.

2. This would be just like allowing a few big companies to own all the nation's highways.

3. Then, as if that isn't bad enough, you let those companies choose who can travel the highways at different rates of speed.

4. They would undoubtedly charge the big trucking companies a lot of money to travel faster, and they'd slow down all the small trucking companies even more... to make their big clients happy.

5. If this happened with highways and trucking companies, it would drive all the small companies out of business, and wreck the economy... goods and services would only be able to travel through a few big trucking companies, and those companies would drive out all competitors, and then raise all the rates of shipping on EVERYTHING.

6. This is essentially what is now allowed on the internet.

7. The internet is FAR more important to commerce than physical highways and trucking companies.


Conclusion:

If you really cannot see the negative consequences, and how bad this is for the economy... that's fine... I won't be posting again.

Over the next 12 months you'll probably see some of your bills go up, some of your service go down, and some businesses going out of business... and over time it will get worse.

I won't be answering any questions or rebuttals on this.
Have fun guys.

Seriously? Do you think GM, Ford, Walmart, Apple, Exxon-Mobil, Glaxo-Smith-Kline all work with just a couple of people, you're missing the big picture. All those huge companies work because they have a LOT of people working for them. People who will be affected too. Do you really think the Big Boss is going to tell them tough? No! The clout isn't the business. It's the people. And that many businesses with that many people will stop that from happening. Getting Exxon-Mobil on board without getting the people who work for them on board, makes getting the company alone failure to compete!

Big business is the revenue base, not just for the business but because of all those people who work for them. There's another word for them -- "consumers." Business -- even Comcast and Verizon -- knows their customer base isn't just the CFO of major corporations. It's the workers too. One thing all businesses need is people who can afford their bill!

 

[SovereignGrace]

Seeing that wifi is almost anywhere you go, this is much ado about nothing. Using wifi does not affect data on phones, iirc.

 

[Dude653]

So I think basically the way it's going to work is the big websites like YouTube and Netflix or going to get preferential treatment but if you want to go to some obscure website like people who hate mayonnaise. Com or something then it's going to be throttled