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Re:India's telecom regulator cracks down on Facebook for its... by deciplex on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @06:57PM (#10935066)
> If we ever desire to see real usages of the Internet(that is more than just information exchange medium)

We don't, or rather we see any and all "real usages" of the Internet to be that of (agnostic) information exchange, at their core.

> which requires real time data transfer (for instance remote surgeries, remote operation of machines by a human operator, etc etc), then that would require to get rid of net neutrality.

If you need truly real time behavior like this, then the Internet is not suited for your purposes, Net Neutrality or not.

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Re:India's telecom regulator cracks down on Facebook for its... by splintercell on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @07:30PM (#10935193)
Wouldn't it be more preferable to build a neutral layer on the top of a non-neutral network, only aimed at information exchange?

I mean what's more preferable/useful, a network where moderation is made illegal on all sites or a network where various sites moderation is based on a site's values and nature, and 4chan being one such (relatively) moderation free site?

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Re:India's telecom regulator cracks down on Facebook for its... by deciplex on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @09:25PM (#10935663)
> Wouldn't it be more preferable to build a neutral layer on the top of a non-neutral network...?

How do you propose doing that?

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