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This I think is the difference. If Comcast starts throttling Netflix in my area there would be a huge public outcry...but there is no other option. None. I Can
by remarkEon 12y ago
This I think is the difference. If Comcast starts throttling Netflix in my area there would be a huge public outcry...but there is no other option. None. I Can't just "switch" providers (jesus even if I wanted just to cancel, Comcast gives me hell). And even if we all get on twitter/facebook/LastWeekTonight Comcast will not care - they have no incentive to care because, again, there's no other option.
- ikeboy 12y agoI said above that that I do support net neutrality for any location with only one ISP. At the same time, the government should make it easier for new ISPs to open, by relaxing the regulations. Remember the days when a college kid could run an ISP out of their basement?
- redler 12y agoI said above that that I do support net neutrality for any location with only one ISP. You've floated this idea a few times here. How would you propose this rule apply in Manhattan, where the availability of a second ISP option can vary not only block by block, but building by building?
- remarkEon 12y agoSo how do we create that if/then statement? If only one ISP in a location, then Net Neutrality? What happens if the location does get opened up to multiple providers? Do the new providers not have to follow the neutrality rules? As an aside, as anyone been able to show what it would actually cost providers to adhere to a net neutrality standard?