I'm suspicious that net neutrality maybe has more downsides than we're aware of. Everybody's agreeing a little too emphatically
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Preferred business model of cable companies is cable tv, but preferred business model of everyone big on the internet is what they do now
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That's because the large corporations that host content online will have to pay thousands more to get the speed they already paid for.
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What saddens me is that people that are regularly skeptical of the FCC seem to want to open the door to further net regulation.
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Yup. I can pay to get priority service on my package. Why not allow people/companies to pay for priority service for their packets?
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Frankly, I like the Wild West feel of the Internet. I don't want the same bureau that censors TV and radio to mess with the net.
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I'm extremely skeptical of "net neutrality", but I think consumer-side protections are essential.
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As an IT Geek - no, it really doesn't. People think there are downsides when they start talking about QoS guarantees, but those are
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this is why you're the only ones to survive the apocalypse
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