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They can't filter the posts, but they can make it so that the data coming from those sites end up coming in at such a slow speed that they're pretty much unusab
by nikdaheratik 9y ago
They can't filter the posts, but they can make it so that the data coming from those sites end up coming in at such a slow speed that they're pretty much unusable. And that would be just fine under the new regulations.
> Why not address the real-world "nefarity" which is lobbying governments for special favors at the expense of the competition?
Exactly who is lobbying for special favors here? From what I can tell, it's the big telco companies and not anyone else. The only people that stand to gain from this are the shareholders of AT&T, Time-Warner, etc. It's like people forget the BS that Ma Bell pulled at the end of the last century so we gotta relive it again.
- webXL 9y ago> And that would be just fine under the new regulations. But would it be good for business? A lot of what is already legal is not good for business, even though it might appear to be in the short term. Raising your prices by 100% is perfectly legal. Why aren't we trying to prevent that hypothetical?
- tbabb 9y agoRaising prices for all information: Fine (as long as you're not a monopoly, which unfortunately many ISPs are). Raising prices for some information: Exerting control over what people see and can say; exerting control over the market and preventing fair competition. NOT OK. The whole issue at hand.
- webXL 9y ago> Exerting control over what people see and can say Who has done this? If monopolies can just raise prices, why would they bother only doing it for certain information? Seems like a BIG money loser!