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Plain and simple: Net neutrality is hypocrisy

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Re: Plain and simple: Net neutrality is hypocrisy

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Post by stupidsignup »

lazylland wrote: post #3

I don't get his arguments ... it just seemed like one big REGULATION IS EVIL rant/FUD. Did I miss anything ?

Nope, you did not miss anything. There is not a single argument in the whole piece. But hey, what do you expect from a Republican?

Hey, just got down voted by a Republican. That's a special honor. Keep it coming.

Re: Plain and simple: Net neutrality is hypocrisy

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Post by RyanMcGreal »

lazylland wrote: post #3

I don't get his arguments ... it just seemed like one big REGULATION IS EVIL rant/FUD. Did I miss anything ?

> Did I miss anything?

No. There's regulation and there's regulation. Net neutrality is the concept that network providers should not privilege some kinds of content over others - i.e. that all packets are created equal.

Re: Plain and simple: Net neutrality is hypocrisy

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Post by nazgulnarsil »

RyanMcGreal wrote: post #5
lazylland wrote: post #3

I don't get his arguments ... it just seemed like one big REGULATION IS EVIL rant/FUD. Did I miss anything ?

> Did I miss anything? No. There's regulation and there's regulation. Net neutrality is the concept that network providers should not privilege some kinds of content over others - i.e. that all packets are created equal.

I don't think net neutrality legislation means what you think it means.

government regulation with regards to ISP's is broken, thus stifling the competition that would ensure far more robust net neutrality than any legislated version.

you don't stop monopolies from abusing their powers by legislating that they play fair. you take away the governmental protections that allow them to have a monopoly and let the market consume them when they refuse to change their shitty business practices.

Re: Plain and simple: Net neutrality is hypocrisy

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Post by Lendal »

lazylland wrote: post #3

I don't get his arguments ... it just seemed like one big REGULATION IS EVIL rant/FUD. Did I miss anything ?

Let's put it a way a programmer would understand. Regulation is like generalization. Not enough of it is bad. Too much of it is also bad.

What is the problem we're having that's in need of fixing? If you can't answer that question with concrete examples of problems we are having right now, that would be fixed by adding expensive lawyers and regulators, then it is an imaginary problem. Regulation is not necessary. Regulation costs money. Do we have an overabundance of money right now to fix imagined problems that nobody can explain? I sure don't.

Re: Plain and simple: Net neutrality is hypocrisy

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Post by _stephan »

nazgulnarsil wrote: post #6
RyanMcGreal wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Did I miss anything? No. There's regulation and there's regulation. Net neutrality is the concept that network providers should not privilege some kinds of content over others - i.e. that all packets are created equal.

I don't think net neutrality legislation means what you think it means. government regulation with regards to ISP's is broken, thus stifling the competition that would ensure far more robust net neutrality than any legislated version. you don't stop monopolies from abusing their powers by legislating that they play fair. you take away the governmental protections that allow them to have a monopoly and let the market…

> you take away the governmental protections that allow them to have a monopoly and let the market consume them when they refuse to change their shitty business practices.

How is that supposed to work? Have you ever heard of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly

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