RE: Net Neutrality 2014
April 27, 2014 at 10:32 am
(This post was last modified: April 27, 2014 at 10:33 am by wolf39us.)
(April 27, 2014 at 10:07 am)CapnAwesome Wrote: I don't really understand the net neutrality scare. I mean the ideas that he's presented just don't jive with reality. It's borderline conspiracy theory. If internet providers were really going to do that, they would of by now. The market has done great with the internet, which is the ultimate source of free speech. I'd much rather keep it as is rather than give the government any control.
I'm not so sure I agree with you here. If you give ISPs the power to strike deals with media providers and are given the ability to restrict access or otherwise limit access to other websites that the ISP isn't fond of, then you strip the abilities of smaller businesses.
If visiting a video streaming service (who couldn't afford to pay these "premium" charges like Netflix has with Comcast) will result in slow or choppy video streams, then who will want to use them? Those businesses could not afford to get their feet off the ground and are squelched before even getting out on the playing field!
Why strike down Net Neutrality if this isn't the case? Companies want to squash competition and this is bad for innovation.
Not to mention for all of you torrent users like myself, the ISP will now have the ability to shut that down without question.
