F.C.C. Announces Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality

Re:F.C.C. Announces Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality by guntars on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @07:26PM (#15753091)

> Polling was conducted by Civis Analytics on behalf of Freedman Consulting, LLC of 2,475 adults online in English and Spanish, June 22-23, 2017. Portions of this research were also supplemented by a national phone poll of 256 adults conducted via cell phone and landline in Spanish and English, June 22-30, 2017.

I'm sorry, but that's a serious self-selection issue. The question that you quoted "Do you support or oppose keeping the net neutrality rules, which are already in place?" didn't even use the phone respondents. I wonder why?

I doubt most voters even know the term "net neutrality", but they did vote for a very vague anti-regulation plan. Show me a 100% randomized phone-poll and I'll change my mind.

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Re:F.C.C. Announces Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality by outsidetheparty on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @08:04PM (#15753294)

If you've followed this at all you know that poll is not at all an outlier, it's very much in line with all other polling on the issue.

You're correct that too many people don't understand what "net neutrality" means, but when polled on descriptions of its effects that 80% level of support is very consistent across the board. Here's a couple of examples, you can find plenty more if you take the time to look.

http://time.com/3578255/conservatives-net-neutrality-poll/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/11/12/wonkb...

I stand by my assertion that your claim "this is what people voted for" is utterly, completely incorrect.

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