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Net Neutrality proponents have really gone off the deep end. I'd love to see how they react if the only user-visible changes end up being lower monthly bills.
by pzone 9y ago
Net Neutrality proponents have really gone off the deep end. I'd love to see how they react if the only user-visible changes end up being lower monthly bills.
- tarboreus 9y agoTop ten stupidest comments I've seen on Hacker News. Which, admittedly, is a pretty good site.
- pzone 9y agoI love the bandwagon hatred of anyone who suggests ending net neutrality isn't the end of the world! Check out my comment to Jankiel and respond to that instead of screaming that I'm stupid.
- tarboreus 9y agoNot sure that the comment really rises to the level of "hate" or "screaming." This would be screaming: YOUR COMMENT WAS STUPID!
- jankiel 9y agoHow ending net neutrality can lower my bills?
- pzone 9y ago1. Net neutrality places severe binding restrictions on how internet service is provided, and by extension who can provide it. (It's expensive to serve up Netflix if you're banned from offering Netflix privileged pipeline status. It's harder to start a new ISP when any internet service has to follow strict neutrality regulation.) 2. Once it is cheaper and easier to provide internet service, you can expect to see costs fall as the market becomes more competitive as new players enter the market and established players invest in optimizing their infrastructure. This is the basic argument offered by Pai and other deregulation proponents. And the market doesn't have to be perfectly competitive for this to work out. I have three cable ISP options where I live so I'm not worried.
- lwansbrough 9y agoWould it not be better to replace the current regulations with ones that protect internet users while at the same time allow more choice? Surely there's a better solution than complete deregulation.