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Al Franken Explains Net Neutrality To Ted Cruz

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Sen Al Franken (D-Minn.) responded on Sunday to a Washington Post op-ed in which Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) wrote that net neutrality is "Obamacare for the internet".

Franken said Cruz "doesn't understand" what net neutrality is.

"He has it completely wrong and he just doesn't understand what this issue is," Franken told Candy Crowley on CNN's "State of the Union".

Read the article here: Al Franken Explains Net Neutrality To Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz isn't a stupid guy but he's totally wrong on this issue.

I believe that we'll hear more from him on this. This is a very important issue to a lot of people.
 
Sen Al Franken (D-Minn.) responded on Sunday to a Washington Post op-ed in which Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) wrote that net neutrality is "Obamacare for the internet".

Franken said Cruz "doesn't understand" what net neutrality is.

"He has it completely wrong and he just doesn't understand what this issue is," Franken told Candy Crowley on CNN's "State of the Union".

Read the article here: Al Franken Explains Net Neutrality To Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz isn't a stupid guy but he's totally wrong on this issue.

I believe that we'll hear more from him on this. This is a very important issue to a lot of people.

Here's what I know about net neutrality. It's fine now. Don't screw with it.
 
Here's what I know about net neutrality. It's fine now. Don't screw with it.

Right. The internet was just fine with net neutrality, so let's keep it the way it was.
 
it's sad that not ruining the internet by adding slow lanes is even debatable, and that it has been reduced to food for hyperpartisans. sad, but not unexpected. our duopoly sucks so much. national interests seem to take a back seat to partisanship by default.
 
Sen Al Franken (D-Minn.) responded on Sunday to a Washington Post op-ed in which Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) wrote that net neutrality is "Obamacare for the internet".

Franken said Cruz "doesn't understand" what net neutrality is.

"He has it completely wrong and he just doesn't understand what this issue is," Franken told Candy Crowley on CNN's "State of the Union".

Read the article here: Al Franken Explains Net Neutrality To Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz isn't a stupid guy but he's totally wrong on this issue.

I believe that we'll hear more from him on this. This is a very important issue to a lot of people.

All I know is I like the internet the way it is. If this law changes something I don't want it. If the law guarantees the internet will remain as is and codifies it, then that is good.

I really know nothing about the act, but I do know I don't trust either Cruz or Franken and I would never take either's word as gospel.
 
Sen Al Franken (D-Minn.) responded on Sunday to a Washington Post op-ed in which Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) wrote that net neutrality is "Obamacare for the internet".

Franken said Cruz "doesn't understand" what net neutrality is.

"He has it completely wrong and he just doesn't understand what this issue is," Franken told Candy Crowley on CNN's "State of the Union".

Read the article here: Al Franken Explains Net Neutrality To Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz isn't a stupid guy but he's totally wrong on this issue.

I believe that we'll hear more from him on this. This is a very important issue to a lot of people.

How is he wrong?
 
All I know is I like the internet the way it is. If this law changes something I don't want it. If the law guarantees the internet will remain as is and codifies it, then that is good.

I really know nothing about the act, but I do know I don't trust either Cruz or Franken and I would never take either's word as gospel.

If the NCL's support it, it's ****ed up.
 
All I know is I like the internet the way it is. If this law changes something I don't want it. If the law guarantees the internet will remain as is and codifies it, then that is good.

I really know nothing about the act, but I do know I don't trust either Cruz or Franken and I would never take either's word as gospel.

Here's the thing:

You liked the internet the way it was. The internet as you know it grew and flourished under net neutrality. It's something you always had, until very recently. A vote for net neutrality is a vote to keep things they way they were.

Net neutrality absolutely codifies that it remains the way it should be: how it has always been.
 
it's sad that not ruining the internet by adding slow lanes is even debatable, and that it has been reduced to food for hyperpartisans. sad, but not unexpected. our duopoly sucks so much. national interests seem to take a back seat to partisanship by default.

You think we would be better off with a one party system?
 
How is he wrong?

It's not "Obamacare for the internet" and isn't dictating pricing, or services offered. And it certainly doesn't lead to "fewer choices" or "fewer opportunities." The opposite, in fact. Net neutrality enhances opportunities, entrepreneurship, and promotes new entries into the market.
 
Sen Al Franken (D-Minn.) responded on Sunday to a Washington Post op-ed in which Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) wrote that net neutrality is "Obamacare for the internet".

Franken said Cruz "doesn't understand" what net neutrality is.

"He has it completely wrong and he just doesn't understand what this issue is," Franken told Candy Crowley on CNN's "State of the Union".

Read the article here: Al Franken Explains Net Neutrality To Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz isn't a stupid guy but he's totally wrong on this issue.

I believe that we'll hear more from him on this. This is a very important issue to a lot of people.
Franken is an idiot.
Cruz's word are correct.
Obama Care is a tax on the citizens just as classifying the internet as a utility would be a tax on the citizens.





Right. The internet was just fine with net neutrality, so let's keep it the way it was.

There is no neutrality at this time.
The amount of data sent and received, as well as the available bandwidth (speed) to do so, can be charged separately and differently and is a paid for throttle.





it's sad that not ruining the internet by adding slow lanes is even debatable, and that it has been reduced to food for hyperpartisans. sad, but not unexpected. our duopoly sucks so much. national interests seem to take a back seat to partisanship by default.
Debatable?
:naughty
It is the way that Obama wants to accomplish it which is wrong.
It does not have to be, nor should it be classified as a utility.
 
Franken is an idiot.
Cruz's word are correct.
Obama Care is a tax on the citizens just as classifying the internet as a utility would be a tax on the citizens.
Uhh, no it wouldn't. A tax on internet access would be a tax.

There is no neutrality at this time.
The amount of data sent and received, as well as the available bandwidth (speed) to do so, can be charged separately and differently and is a paid for throttle.
I'm aware that net neutrality doesn't currently exist, (it did, until recently) but what you write here seems to imply that you misunderstand net neutrality. Maybe I misunderstand, but what you seem to imply is that net neutrality means everyone has to have the same amount of bandwidth. Net neutrality does not require that ISPs only offer certain speeds or certain prices. That's not what net neutrality is. Let me know if that's not what you meant.


It is the way that Obama wants to accomplish it which is wrong.
It does not have to be, nor should it be classified as a utility.

No, it doesn't have to be that way. Congress could write a law enforcing net neutrality that doesn't require reclassification. That would be a better method.
 
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Uhh, no it wouldn't. A tax on internet access would be a tax.
:doh
Yeah it would be..
Classifying it as a utility causes it to be taxed, not just by the Fed, but by the State and local Govs as well.
So sew that bs elsewhere.


I'm aware that net neutrality doesn't currently exist, but what you write here seems to imply that you misunderstand net neutrality. Maybe I misunderstand, but what you seem to imply is that net neutrality means everyone has to have the same amount of bandwidth. That's not what net neutrality is. Let me know if that's not what you meant.
:doh Double d'oh!
You appear to read more into what has been said then has actually been said.

I said it isn't neutral now, and exemplified the statement by pointing out various ways that people and businesses are charged.
That isn't going to change. So there will be no neutrality, that type of throttling will always be allowed.

By pointing this out I am showing that "Neutrality" is actually a misnomer being used to garner support to enforce something that does not need to be enforced by turning it into a utility.



No, congress could write a law enforcing net neutrality that doesn't require reclassification. That would be a better method.
While "neutrality" is actually a misnomer, you are correct that Congress could pass legislation to not allow the specific type of throttling in question.
 
How is he wrong?

How about you find out what net neutrality means? Then you find out what Ted Cruz said.That way, by informing yourself, you make an educated decision on why comparing net neutrality to Obamacare is downright stupid.
 
How about you find out what net neutrality means? Then you find out what Ted Cruz said.That way, by informing yourself, you make an educated decision on why comparing net neutrality to Obamacare is downright stupid.

How about you tell us?
 
How about you tell us?

Tell us? You're the only person on this thread who doesn't seem to know what net neutrality means or why Ted Cruz is wrong. So, I think you mean, tell you. With that said, I don't have to educate you. The internet is your friend. Just like you can find white power revisionist authors, I'm sure you can find what net neutrality means and why comparing it to Obamacare is ridiculous. Just be careful, if your state is already on the side of ISPs, your connection may be slowed down or you may be charged extra to access pages on net neutrality.
 
All I know is I like the internet the way it is. If this law changes something I don't want it. If the law guarantees the internet will remain as is and codifies it, then that is good.

I really know nothing about the act, but I do know I don't trust either Cruz or Franken and I would never take either's word as gospel.

End thread right here, as far as I'm concerned.
 
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