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FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules

Lord of Planar said:
There are already sufficient regulations in place it would seem.

The idea behind Net Neutrality is a good one, but what about the harm it causes?
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Either regulations are lacking, or enforcement is - we have huge multinational corporations who own both infrastructure and content creation for entertainment/news.
 
The Mark said:
Either regulations are lacking, or enforcement is - we have huge multinational corporations who own both infrastructure and content creation for entertainment/news.
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So how are regulations on top of regulations going to help?

The regulations recently rescinded went too far. Maybe if reasonable regulations were crafted, there wouldn't be such resistance to it.
 
Lord of Planar said:
So how are regulations on top of regulations going to help?

The regulations recently rescinded went too far. Maybe if reasonable regulations were crafted, there wouldn't be such resistance to it.
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I think, frankly, that we wouldn't need as many regulations to protect consumers from unfair pricing and service quality due to local monopolies.

If we prevented there from being monopolies in the first place.

But we have been moving further towards fewer and larger corporations controlling larger portions of the market for decades now, and I see little sign of it changing.


Edit: It's a myth that capitalism is self-correcting - you have to have the right restrictions on it or it will run out of control and kill itself.
 
Removable Mind said:
What do you believe is preventing the expansion of ISPs under Net Neutrality regulation that’s existed up till now?
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As I've posted, repeatedly, that which is preventing competition among the ISPs is the local governments which are preventing access to ISPs who would want to compete in their markets. My opposition to NN is due to the heavy hand of the federal government, rather than the light touch which I believe to be preferable. Opening the local markets to greater competition, giving the consumer greater choice, would reduce costs and would force most of what is being considered as 'good' in NN in a far more efficient and effective manner, IMHO, than that heavy hand of the federal government.

I can call up Grande Communicaton and or Time Warner/Spectrum (broadband wholesale division) tomorrow and become an ISP provider.

I might be able to to the same with Verizon now that I think about it.
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Provided that the local governments allow it, yes, you should be able to do exactly that.

The Oligopolies that are in place now are more powerful today than before the Repeal. What makes you think the repeal will encourage theses oligopolies from surrendering what they already possess?
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Meh. The business environment is going to return to what it was prior to NN, so I don't see where these 'Oligopolies' (if they even exist) are all that much more powerful than they were then.
 
eohrnberger said:
Meh. Sure didn't seem so with him rhetoric, or are you also saying hiscworf and actions where inconsistent with each other?
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Yes, I'm saying hiscworf and actions are inconsistent, if by hiscworf you mean his words. His words are like an optical illusions; pretty at first glance, but at the core they're insipid, false, and unsubstantial.
 
FieldTheorist said:
Yes, I'm saying hiscworf and actions are inconsistent, if by hiscworf you mean his words. His words are like an optical illusions; pretty at first glance, but at the core they're insipid, false, and unsubstantial.
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Yes. I meant his words.(hate it when auto correct misses).

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ObamacareFail said:
I have Verizon and I have no problem with them blocking Google Wallet. I would much rather have that then giving the government the ability to regulate competition out of the internet, which is what the Net Neutrality scam would have ultimately done.
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:lamo

Look at this ****ing post.

Yes, legislation that stops businesses from eliminating competition must eliminate competition!

This is what right wingers believe :lamo
 
Lord of Planar said:
So how are regulations on top of regulations going to help?

The regulations recently rescinded went too far. Maybe if reasonable regulations were crafted, there wouldn't be such resistance to it.
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Outline reasonable regulations you would support.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
to sell you ****ting channels you don't want.
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And what is to stop the internet companies from setting up the same deals with websites? "Sign up with Comcast Internet and get exclusive access to websites X & Y!" Why is this so beyond the realms of possibility when it has happened to television?
 
backpacker said:
I respond as inanely as people respond to me, so have a good day
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Except it is a direct argument against your claim. You said the marketplace sorts out these issues. Why didn't the marketplace 'sort out' Standard Oil? It seems you do not want to answer the question.
 
Geoist said:
And what is to stop the internet companies from setting up the same deals with websites? "Sign up with Comcast Internet and get exclusive access to websites X & Y!" Why is this so beyond the realms of possibility when it has happened to television?
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Hypothetical is not justification for new laws for something that has never happened.
 
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