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Hell Yeah! Senate votes to reverse FCC order and restore net neutrality
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How does it add oversight? Any content provider that gets a shake down from a ISP will complain.... And they already oversee the ISP's. They are monopolies and the infrastructure that carries the content (bandwidth) is paid for with taxpayer dollars....
You're argument boils down to the town having to work the communal farm and then pay the local grocer who runs the farm to get the produce.....
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73577072 Monopolies implies one company that controls all the avenues of a particular good or service. Considering there are hundreds of internet service providers out there, where's this monopoly? Government oversight comes in the form of regulation as I have explained a number of times. If you don't get it I can't help you. Furthermore if no government oversight is needed why is net neutrality needed? Do you even understand what it does? Because it puts the control of the internet directly in the hands of the government. If you can't understand this one simple thing you won't understand why net neutrality is bad. No ISP monopolies in the US? Do some research... There are a lot but most areas are serviced by one. And Net Neutrality is not a government oversight measure, it's a limitation on companies to expand their revenue streams. It means that they get their profit from their users not the content providers. It does not increase government control over the internet it just requires ISP's to adhere to the basic rule that they provide unhindered access to all things online. I understand that you want to think that any rule increases government power. Net Neutrality did something else. It limited the markets ability to monetize and discriminate your ability to access content online. Something that was generally accepted in the early days of the internet until a corporation saw a means to defy and milk it. Net Neutrality is not a new idea, it's always been here, long before 2015. Hence why the internet worked good. Then ISP's got greedy and tried for new revenue streams. Hence it was deemed necessary to codify it. You don't understand how internet service providers work. First off there's hundreds of wireless providers. Secondly there are only 2-3 hard wired connections to choose from, the reason for that is because companies aren't allowed to come in and run new utility hard lines. Why aren't they allowed to do that though? Oh that's right more government regulation that says they can't. That's right dummie, the reason why you can only get 1 cable internet service provider per area is because the government regulated how many hard wired utility lines could be installed per area. More government control stifling innovation and progress. And you support more of the control. Like the good puppet you are. You have your points reversed... The government payed for the infrastructure and the ISP holds a stranglehold over it to keep competition out (Lobbying plays a part). I'll grant you the government is complicit, but it is the ISP's that are creating the mess. Giving them oversight over the content you can consume isn't smart.
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