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Would anything stop the next administration from re-instating net neutrality? Money from the even richer companies that want to prevent it from happening. Thi
by Johnny555 9y ago
Would anything stop the next administration from re-instating net neutrality?
Money from the even richer companies that want to prevent it from happening.
Think of the ad campaigns: "Since have been able to charge content providers for their use of our network, we've kept our costs low - that's why you pay only $99.99/month for your ultra fast 10 mbit connection , f net neutrality comes back, your rates will skyrocket"
- judah 9y agoMany of those big, rich companies (Google, Amazon, Netflix, etc.) are in favor of net neutrality.
- xigency 9y agoHuh, wonder why they didn't make that clear leading up to today.
- lcfcjs2 9y agoHave you seen the internet recently? They have been making this clear for months.
- judah 9y agoI understand you're being sarcastic, but pro-NN folks like the OP are claiming that big business will shut down attempts to reinstate NN. That's an incorrect claim; some of the largest, richest, most powerful companies on the planet are pro-NN. It's dishonest to characterize big companies as the driving force behind anti-NN legislation.
- xigency 9y agoGood point. It's just a bit strange that there was less protest from the giants this time than in past Net Neutrality battles. It's beginning to seem like a number of these large web companies have become ambivalent to the issue.
- UncleEntity 9y agoOf course Netflix is in favor of net neutrality, I seem to recall when this was first being proposed they were responsible for something like 10% of all network traffic. Do you really think they'd be opposed to a plan that basically subsidizes their bandwidth? Same for all the other internet giants, net neutrality pretty much cemented their spot in the status quo.
- merb 9y ago> Do you really think they'd be opposed to a plan that basically subsidizes their bandwidth? no it's not subsidizing. Basically I pay X amount to the ISP to ACTUALLY VIEW NETFLIX. Basically the ISP gets more out of the deal by having access to netflix, not the other way.
- claudiulodro 9y agoWell yeah. Their services will definitely be part of the "Core Internet Bundle" and their small competitors' services definitely will not be!
- vultour 9y agoActually, many of them are not. Because they're big they can afford to pay ISPs to no throttle their traffic, while their small competitors can't.
- vorotato 9y agoWhy would an ISP charge for netflix to deliver their content, when they can just throttle netflix and offer their own content. Go big or go home.