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Re:Appeals court upholds FCC's net neutrality order by webXL on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @12:25PM (#11910260)
Okay, but what's the incentive for providers to upgrade the switches?
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Re:Appeals court upholds FCC's net neutrality order by freeone3000 on Thursday June 16, 2016 @10:03AM (#11916151)
You pay them money.
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Re:Appeals court upholds FCC's net neutrality order by webXL on Thursday June 16, 2016 @12:58PM (#11917341)
That's not an incentive for monopolies. They'll take your money and not necessarily use it for new infrastructure. Things like increasing employee benefits (gov't social engineering / "god given right"), cost of maintaining outdated technology because "utilities need to be affordable by everyone!", lobbying, good 'ol fashion profit taking, etc. Why pay for better switches when you're not sure about your labor costs in 5 years, or your own retirement portfolio?
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