I would like to see net neutrality force uploads and downloads on service provided to consumers be equal. 50megabit service, allows 50megabit upload.
Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
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Re: Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Consumer please select one: [ X ] $99/mo - make Comcast-NBC-Universal content faster, 100 GB/day [ ] $199/mo - make all content the same speed, 1 GB/day
I don't think it can be tied to payments though. It would really be just what you think is more important on your network.
Because this has worked so well in the past with cable. [/sarcasm]
Seriously, you can't buy a cable package without also paying for a bunch of bundled channels that nobody wants. Why would literally the same people behave differently just because it's internet instead of cable?
Re: Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
#23So captured Congressmen and the cable lobby rebranded the much rumored Title X after activist groups started referring to it as "Title Xfinity." Sen John Thune, a primary sponsor of this bill, has taken over $50,000 in political contributions between AT&T, Comcast, NCTA, Time Warner Cable, U.S. Telecom, and PACs associated with these groups. We're not talking about a well-reasoned GOP alternative to "Obama's plan to…
Several big name tech companies are against net neutrality rules: Intel, Qualcomm, Cisco, IBM, Juniper Networks, Corning, Panasonic, dLink, Broadcom, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, among many other notable tech companies.
http://www.tiaonline.org/sites/default/files/pages/Internet_...
It's ignorant to assume only those who support this bill benefit from political contributions. It almost seems as if the people who are most knowledgeable about networks (ie companies that actually build the darn thing) are against net neutrality rules.
Re: Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
#24It would be great to get things like this out of the hands of arbitrary-law-makers (aka regulators).
I agree with you. Government regulation of the internet is going down the wrong hole. It's odd that opposing opinions can't be discussed on HN. They're just downvoted into oblivion and a hivemind forms.
Re: Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
#25So captured Congressmen and the cable lobby rebranded the much rumored Title X after activist groups started referring to it as "Title Xfinity." Sen John Thune, a primary sponsor of this bill, has taken over $50,000 in political contributions between AT&T, Comcast, NCTA, Time Warner Cable, U.S. Telecom, and PACs associated with these groups. We're not talking about a well-reasoned GOP alternative to "Obama's plan to…
> captured Congressmen The FCC actually seems more captured than congress. The head of the FCC is a former lobbyist for ISPs and Telcos.
> The head of the FCC is a former lobbyist for ISPs and Telcos.
And what has he said recently about network neutrality?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/08/us-usa-internet-ne...
Maybe the usual ideas about "regulatory capture" aren't as accurate as they seem.
Re: Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
#26Republicans: always just slightly worse than Democrats. Great choice last November, America! You surely won't regret it for decades.
Re: Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
#27So captured Congressmen and the cable lobby rebranded the much rumored Title X after activist groups started referring to it as "Title Xfinity." Sen John Thune, a primary sponsor of this bill, has taken over $50,000 in political contributions between AT&T, Comcast, NCTA, Time Warner Cable, U.S. Telecom, and PACs associated with these groups. We're not talking about a well-reasoned GOP alternative to "Obama's plan to…
Peter Thiel and Mark Cuban are against government regulation of the internet. Even Eric Schmidt says he aligns himself and Google with Verizon on net neutrality. OH NO. They're paid shills! Please get over yourself.
Mark Cuban is delusional when it comes to the telecom industry. He thinks that it is currently operating as a free market. Basically, he is opposing regulation because he doesn't understand that the industry is already regulated by the governnent in a way that prevents any chance of a free market. If he wasn't too stuck on the glory days of his first tech startup to educate himself on this subject, he might change his mind.
Re: Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
#28So captured Congressmen and the cable lobby rebranded the much rumored Title X after activist groups started referring to it as "Title Xfinity." Sen John Thune, a primary sponsor of this bill, has taken over $50,000 in political contributions between AT&T, Comcast, NCTA, Time Warner Cable, U.S. Telecom, and PACs associated with these groups. We're not talking about a well-reasoned GOP alternative to "Obama's plan to…
Peter Thiel and Mark Cuban are against government regulation of the internet. Even Eric Schmidt says he aligns himself and Google with Verizon on net neutrality. OH NO. They're paid shills! Please get over yourself.
Peter Thiel and Mark Cuban are usually wrong about a lot of things, so it's no surprise they're stupidly wrong about this one too.
Re: Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
#29It would be great to get things like this out of the hands of arbitrary-law-makers (aka regulators).
I agree with you. Government regulation of the internet is going down the wrong hole. It's odd that opposing opinions can't be discussed on HN. They're just downvoted into oblivion and a hivemind forms.
It isn't government regulation of the internet. It's government regulation of cable companies that provide the internet.
I don't want the government monitoring or restricting my internet. I would like the government to prevent companies from doing that to me.
Re: Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
#30I would like to see net neutrality force uploads and downloads on service provided to consumers be equal. 50megabit service, allows 50megabit upload.
No, you actually dont. All ISPs operate on oversubscribing each available meg. If they did what you are proposing, the only options would be 1 mb up/down stream, 3 MB up/down speed, and 5 mb up/down speed.
Many ISPs have 100-10,000x over subscriptions per meg