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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
Seems to me this will either slow everyone's Internet or increase prices across the board.
9 posted on 09/20/2009 12:04:16 PM PDT by CondiArmy
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To: CondiArmy

ISPs are jacking rates up anyway.

Ironically, we already have net neutrality: ISPs only charge for access speed, not content access. People who think ISPs want to bring television tiering and pricing to the internet are probably correct, but disregard the reality that their customer base would disintegrate overnight.


10 posted on 09/20/2009 12:07:32 PM PDT by Terpfen (FR is being Alinskied. Remember, you only take flak when you're over the target.)
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To: CondiArmy

Hey! This is all about fairness. Let’s leave capitalism out of this. /s


11 posted on 09/20/2009 12:07:56 PM PDT by upchuck (New sign on my pickup: Are you a "Hope and Change" regretter?)
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To: CondiArmy

Accept for the companies that donate to Obama.


12 posted on 09/20/2009 12:08:31 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama, the first ever 3 in a half year, lame duck TOTUS)
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To: CondiArmy
Seems to me this will either slow everyone's Internet or increase prices across the board.

This is exactly what will happen. As well as prohibit advanced new services that offer differential performance for increased rates.

That is the socialist solution for everything: limited and mediocre resources for everyone, which is a self-fulfilling solution, namely everyone realizes that working harder is pointless, so the point becomes to see who can work the least hardest. (See "Atlas Shrugged")

"Net Neutrality" is akin to telling the airlines that first class and business class are prohibited, and that only one class of service will be allowed. There's nothing wrong with multiple service classes in any industry as long as the service levels are understood by all involved, and as long as there is no discrimination about who can buy which services.

(Nonetheless, a very minimal amount of new regulation would be a good thing to prohibit the kinds of abuses and favoritism already exhibited by several carriers, including Comcast and others, and which can be expected to only get worse. Really, all that's needed is a requirement of non-discriminatory universal contract rates for a given service class, prohibition of interfering with types of services and data, and prohibition of deliberate rate-limiting for any reason for any ingress or egress end-point, when a nominal bandwidth is contracted and paid for.

23 posted on 09/20/2009 1:08:58 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Made from The Right Stuff)
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