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I am yet to see the purported death of the internet that everyone was crying hoarse about during the net neutrality debate.
by hnews_account_1 4y ago
I am yet to see the purported death of the internet that everyone was crying hoarse about during the net neutrality debate.
- xerox13ster 4y agoHaven't heard the Dead Internet Theory, I take it?
- hnews_account_1 4y agoEnlighten me?
- walterbell 4y agoTelcos with zero-rated-traffic whitelists of approved content publishers also agree that you don't see.
- hnews_account_1 4y agoJust stringing words together does not make you sound as smart as you think it does. Apparently we’ve had the most successful conspiracy in history where telcos have hidden all articles about the internet dying while simultaneously also shielding me from seeing the effects of a dying internet. Propaganda so fucking efficient, it leaves you asking for more.
- walterbell 4y agoDead services tell no journalists. Zero-rating has been debated at length here and elsewhere. For those who don't have time to read the 39-page report linked above: > Biggest Broadband Companies Spent $8.2 Million to Oppose Net Neutrality, Including Generating 9 Million Comments and Letters in Opposition .. Broadband Company Money Funded Three Astroturfing Efforts, and Each Resulted in Fraud ... The Broadband Industry Hid Its Involvement Behind Advocacy Groups to Create the False Impression of Widespread Grassroots Opposition to Net Neutrality ...More than 9.3 Million Additional Fake Comments Using Fictitious Identities Were Submitted to the FCC with Automated Software.
- hnews_account_1 4y agoAnd … ? After all that debate, is it statistically proven that the internet has gotten worse in reach, speed and affordability? Please link since you seem to think you have all knowledge on this topic.
- walterbell 4y agohttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/02/countries-zero-rating-have-more-expensive-wireless-broadband-countries-without-it https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/02/countries-zero-rating-... > A comprehensive multi-year study by the non-profit Epicenter.works, comparing the 30 member countries of the European Union (EU) on net neutrality enforcement, has found that zero rating business practices by wireless carriers have increased the cost of wireless data compared to countries without zero rating. This directly contradicts all of the assertions by major wireless carriers that their zero rating practices are “free data” for consumers.
- hnews_account_1 4y agoSorry this is valid and all, but I want to see the effects of the US ruling specifically. I’m being selective and pedantic and all that, but I’m trying to understand how I cannot even find a negative result from the time net neutrality was struck down.
- walterbell 4y agoPerhaps other posters can entertain an invitation to perform Friday evening work to find answers to your questions.
- hnews_account_1 4y agoThat’s fair. I search for this periodically each time Ajit pai does a victory lap on twitter, but I’m unable to find anything concrete and am forced to agree with him.
- bombcar 4y agoBecause Netflix bought some servers and made a CDN so the problem went away.