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Re:Battle for the Internet by eslaught on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @02:02PM (#14754899)
I think the net neutrality case would be more like getting a $10k discount when you opt in to buying a Prius that goes half speed when you try to drive to any large store other than Walmart. And imagine that there was a law saying that in your city, you were only allowed to drive cars made by Toyota.

That's more like how the internet is in the USA: there are local monopolies restricting who you can go to for internet service, and now your ISP also wants to restrict what websites I go to (or with what speed). That's why this strikes as so objectionable.

Re:Battle for the Internet by pyre on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @02:06PM (#14754945)
Not only that, but many of those local ISPs monopolies have been going on for decades, so even opening the market up to competition gives them an unfair advantage since they have had decades to invest monopoly revenue in their infrastructure.
Re:Battle for the Internet by 794CD01 on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @05:43PM (#14756964)
In other words, you should probably be focusing on repealing the stupid law that requires you to drive a Toyota?
Re:Battle for the Internet by eslaught on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @07:16PM (#14757502)
Yes, but don't tear off the band-aid until the wound has healed.