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Re:Wozniak and Copps: Ending net neutrality will end the Int... by oliv__ on Saturday September 30, 2017 @01:20PM (#15373889)
No it's not. Just because most people's use of the Internet can be summed up by visits to X, Y and Z.com doesn't mean I can't create W.com to take them over. You can still compete.

Without net neutrality, forget about it.

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Re:Wozniak and Copps: Ending net neutrality will end the Int... by harryf on Saturday September 30, 2017 @01:44PM (#15374017)
> Without net neutrality, forget about it.

Why? I just don't see it. It makes no sense that telecoms companies are going to go after startups that anyway don't have money. But I can imagine YouTube, for example, is another story, given how much bandwidth must be consumed by it.

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Re:Wozniak and Copps: Ending net neutrality will end the Int... by apoorvkumar on Saturday September 30, 2017 @02:08PM (#15374142)
How about Comcast put a straight up 10% equity cost for their 'start-up bundle' to use their 'non-substandard' channel? Would you be ok with that?
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Re:Wozniak and Copps: Ending net neutrality will end the Int... by oconnore on Saturday September 30, 2017 @02:29PM (#15374276)
Do you want an FTC antitrust case? Because this is how you get an FTC antitrust case...
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Re:Wozniak and Copps: Ending net neutrality will end the Int... by apoorvkumar on Saturday September 30, 2017 @03:39PM (#15374666)
The net providers and Ajit Pai's would sell it as a 'premium feature' being made available to poor start-ups at a discount. FTC can't go after Amazon for giving out large AWS servers to start ups for some equity.
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