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To: PreciousLiberty

The problem with the Net Neutrality rules is that they were only enacted in 2015. I was a Netflix streamer long before that, and I never had a problem. And my carrier is Time Warner, so they theoretically lost some revenue. I used to be a Time Warner voip customer, too. I switched that a few years ago and have never had a problem with that. The Net Neutrality lobby makes up these horror stories, and then attacks the carriers. I think that is called the straw man argument. I ma not swayed.

Now if the carrier actually did try some hanky-panky with Netfix, there is already an easy solution. Get a VPN account and set it up on your router. Then your carrier cannot know what you are doing. They can’t ban vpns, either, because these days everyone who works at home has to use one. I stream stuff over a vpn all the time and it works just fine. All the carrier sees is this pipe going somewhere with encrypted data.

If there actually seems to be a problem, then we can talk about regulation. AFAIK there isn’t, so, these control freaks need to leave it alone.


58 posted on 12/15/2017 10:23:48 AM PST by beef
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To: beef

Set up VPN on a router? A 2nd router? It can fool Apple TV and Amazon prime?


92 posted on 12/15/2017 1:00:20 PM PST by bushpilot2
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