Proposed “Internet Freedom Act” permanently guts net neutrality authority

Re:Proposed “Internet Freedom Act” permanently guts net neut... by epistasis on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:42PM (#14249269)

Google isn't one of the major internet providers here, whether Google's business has proper competition or not is not my point.

My point is that we pay ISPs as much as we pay for the rest of the computing infrastructure, that they are a major player, with tons of money and high profits, and terrible service. That they aren't acting like the big boys, even though they have the cash to.

ISPs are currently entrenched without competition. The current FCC fudges stats to wrongly state that there is competition in the ISP space, whereas in reality almost nobody has more than one broadband option.

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Re:Proposed “Internet Freedom Act” permanently guts net neut... by rayiner on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:44PM (#14249307)

The point is that they're not particularly profitable in comparison to Google, even though in theory Google plays in competitive markets while ISPs are "entrenched without competition."

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Re:Proposed “Internet Freedom Act” permanently guts net neut... by anigbrowl on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @03:20PM (#14249680)

So what? That doesn't obviate the possibility that their profits are maintained through corruption.

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