He removed the consumer protection. I now know with full confidence he will lie to my face just like certain other politicians. All of his words are now and in the future are automatically hollow.
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#12Part of me really hopes the internet heads into the crapper within the next couple years. It's time for a reboot anyway, to clear the cruft.
Back in the old days, the internet was run by government agencies and universities. Universities invented the protocols. Companies provided only the hardware.
Nowadays, companies run the internet and own our data.
Let's go back to the old model. Let universities research federated protocols/algorithms and such. Let the government own the fiber. And let companies build the hardware.
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#13Anyone willing to consider that maybe he's right about this issue?
As a European: he’s right. You’ll love zero-rating. I do. :-)
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#14Anyone willing to consider that maybe he's right about this issue?
I think most tech people are, and have - do you have some new insight to add that is convincing?
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#15Anyone willing to consider that maybe he's right about this issue?
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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#16Part of me really hopes the internet heads into the crapper within the next couple years. It's time for a reboot anyway, to clear the cruft.
What makes you think anything better will emerge from the wreckage?
I don't know. However, I doubt anyone can come along at this point and beat FB, Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft, etc. without a major shakeup.
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#19There is a city here with a six lane freeway running right through the middle of many previous residential areas.. It might seem obvious that a six lane freeway produces constant noise, heavy particulate matter in the air all year, and a constant blanket of heavy matter downwind on every surface, the soil, your clothes, etc..
The benefit of this heavy motorway is that areas far from the city became the new (wealthy) suburbs and shopping malls.
It is a matter of record that some local politicians made speeches about how the new freeway would benefit the original city it runs through. I think they use the phrase "tortured truth" to express how these statements reflect what actually happened. I expect somewhat similar rise in fortunes, and drop in privileges, associated with the new "un-Net".
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#20> ISPs' required disclosures "will allow consumers to make an informed decision about which Internet service provider is best for them
The one that's best for me is literally the only one that's available in my area, so my informed decision is whether to have the internet or not.