trump ending net neutrality

[captain_kook]

Deregulation will allow more media consolidation.

Not a good thing - look at how major media ownership has shrunk from thousands
to mere dozens of owners
since Reagan eliminated limits on media ownership.

Net neutrality is the reason we've enjoyed access to any website we want to see
and the reason Jim can put up a website of his own
without his ISP deciding they don't like his content so they charge him extra for bandwidth
or even block access to the rest of us.

Net neutrality is the golden age of the internet -
if it goes away we'll have micro-managed internet just like China has.

NOT a good thing, Americans.
 

[Truman62]

Losing Net Neutrality is good for Billionaires, so they can make more money!

[chuck_curtis]

Net neutrality: Progressives erupt over FCC proposal to repeal Obama net neutrality rules.

[1965hawks]

The alt-right is gleeful about the FCC's plan to axe net neutrality—but the move would end up penalizing their own websites in favor of giants like Comcast.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/to-spite-obama-pro-trump-media-lobbies-fcc-to-slow-down-their-websites

[D2D]

Democrats oppose any proposal that reduces governmental ability to abuse the public! 

[darkflower]

"without his ISP deciding they don't like his content so they charge him extra for bandwidth"

Not his isp, our isp's, all of them would charge him to avoid being blocked or slowed. His isp would have no reason to even be aware of a website located on some distant server.

atm I think it is just a greedy move by telecoms to directly profit from content they had nothing to do with creating. Despite already profiting from filling the demand for access and bandwith. But it will inevitably lead to alternate news and views being squeezed out and could crush start ups unable to pay up when first starting up.

[D2D]

"without his ISP deciding they don't like his content so they charge him extra for bandwidth"

When has that happened!

Can you link to a few examples?

Not his isp, our isp's, all of them would charge him to avoid being blocked or slowed. His isp would have no reason to even be aware of a website located on some distant server.

When has that happened!

Can you link to a few examples?

atm I think it is just a greedy move by telecoms to directly profit from content they had nothing to do with creating. Despite already profiting from filling the demand for access and bandwith. But it will inevitably lead to alternate news and views being squeezed out and could crush start ups unable to pay up when first starting up.

Again, I ask!

When has that happened!

Can you link to a few examples?

The fact is if that were to happen other ISPs would move in to fill the need often at cheaper prices as that is the nature of capitalism and competition!