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Re:Join the Battle for Net Neutrality by goda90 on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @09:18AM (#15756913)
The counter to free basics is why didn't Facebook just provide free full internet with heavy branding and advertising to encourage Facebook use? Did they have some Indian competitor they were scared of? I have a hard time seeing how it would be that much more expensive.
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Re:Join the Battle for Net Neutrality by bluGill on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @10:07AM (#15757267)
Facebook branding on their internet would be against net neutrality: facebook would then be changing other websites.
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Re:Join the Battle for Net Neutrality by thomastjeffery on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @03:59PM (#15760581)
I think they mean heavy branding in person to customers.
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Re:Join the Battle for Net Neutrality by bko on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @10:30AM (#15757491)
One can argue that sure full access would be better, but one shouldn’t let good be the enemy of perfect. The fact is it wasn’t free open access or walled garden. It was walled garden or nothing. Facebook can’t be forced to provide free open access
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