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Re: U.S. appeals court kills net neutrality
They own the backbone now and they are free to use their property as they see fit.
Someone else can come in and lay cables and NOT censor to the wishes of the highest bidder.
All they have to do is buy enough politicians away from their current owners, then find investors willing to accept less profit.
THEN the consumers can decide which they prefer.
Invisible hand and whatnot.
My question is, in all fairness, don't we the tax payer own the damn ISP's anyway? Aren't we the one's that paid for the damn cable and towers through massive subsidies?
As far as I'm concerned open internet is WHAT is intrinsic about the internet. This ruling opens the door for a tremendous amount of corruption, and is purely antithetical to consumer protections.
Tim-
They own the backbone now and they are free to use their property as they see fit.
Someone else can come in and lay cables and NOT censor to the wishes of the highest bidder.
All they have to do is buy enough politicians away from their current owners, then find investors willing to accept less profit.
THEN the consumers can decide which they prefer.
Invisible hand and whatnot.