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I don't even understand how this became a bi-partisan issue. Everyone I know, republican and democrat, are for NN. The only people that are against NN are convi

by ythn 9y ago

I don't even understand how this became a bi-partisan issue. Everyone I know, republican and democrat, are for NN. The only people that are against NN are convinced it was introduced by Obama in order to "socialize the internet"

ikeboy 9y ago
Do you know many economists? See http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/net-neutrality-ii http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/net-neutrality-ii
- plandis 9y ago
  I’m ripping my hair out wanting to scream about monopolies to all of these people.
  - ikeboy 9y ago
    Someone should probably tell the Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler about monopolies, he could use some education
rspeer 9y ago
Do you know anyone who bought a T-Mobile plan that allows them to "binge on" unlimited Netflix while charging a per-gigabyte rate for other data? That's zero-rating, which is against net neutrality. The scary images of tiered Internet packages from Portugal and Indonesia that are being passed around are also about zero-rating. They are really no different from mobile plans we have in the US, except that their advertising happens to be more brutally honest. People like net neutrality as an abstract principle when it's described to them, but many people will gladly personally give it up to watch a TV series. To be clear, I think this is a bad thing. I think zero-rating is anti-competitive. But there are people who love it. That's what it means to be against net neutrality.