More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to kill net neutrality

Re:More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to ... by oxide on Friday April 28, 2017 @07:04AM (#14218413)

Ah, but try to take away the monopolies and they throw money at it until you lose.

First they'll lobby. If that fails, they'll sue. They'll have all kinds of bullshit reasons why this is necessary for growth, investment and infrastructure.

They have better access to legislators and regulators, as well as more sympathetic ears in the government due to having, for lack of a better term, monopoly money to throw around.

It's frustrating to say the least.

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Re:More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to ... by rtx on Friday April 28, 2017 @07:16AM (#14218467)

Many big companies are suing smaller ones in their industries. And that is the result of regulation. We shouldn't be creating more of them.

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Re:More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to ... by jackmott on Friday April 28, 2017 @07:34AM (#14218562)

>And that is the result of regulation

It might be the result of some local regulatory deal they have made to become a monopoly, but it isn't the result of FCC's net neutrality regulation.

Have you ever looked around the world and found a nation that has no regulations at all, or nearly so, that you want to live in? There are still places that are wild west like. Aren't really teeming with VC or good internet though.

Where do you people get this fantasy?

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Re:More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to ... by rtx on Friday April 28, 2017 @07:41AM (#14218601)

You are the one living in fantasy. Where you think, there are people in this world who want to live in a lawless society. Less regulation is dosent mean no regulation. Many laws are designed to stifle class mobility. Why, because rich are closer to the politicians.

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Re:More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to ... by Retric on Friday April 28, 2017 @10:59AM (#14219878)

By your own argument there is good regulation.

So, now rather than simply saying less you have to defend what's specifically wrong with each regulation as there are some you want to keep.

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Re:More than 800 startups sign letter objecting to plans to ... by Goronmon on Friday April 28, 2017 @11:26AM (#14220143)

Come on. This is a super simple problem to solve.

All you have to do is get rid of all the bad regulations, while keeping all the good regulations. Boom, issue resolved.

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