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Add satellites to a quickly growing list of unforeseen options that includes google fiber, municipal broadband, etc. and collectively they will soon be enough t
by pvnick 12y ago
Add satellites to a quickly growing list of unforeseen options that includes google fiber, municipal broadband, etc. and collectively they will soon be enough to make slow/fast lanes a suicidal proposition for major ISPs. The whole raison d'etre for net neutrality is D.O.A. and trying to shove through a bloated set of internet regulations tainted by the corporate lobbying process that defines American politics is unnecessarily and likely damaging to openness and freedom.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoBut they don't really add much. The bandwidth is infinitesimal, compared to your neighborhood cable in a medium-sized city. And they're godawful expensive. What's the point?
- pvnick 12y agoThe point is that the upward trajectory of internet-providing innovations is steep, and only getting steeper, which makes federal ISP regulations unnecessary and harmful to the prospects of small innovative competitors.
- clavalle 12y agoWhich small innovative competitors are being hampered?