The End of Net Neutrality = the Beginning of the Fragmented Web

Re:The End of Net Neutrality = the Beginning of the Fragment... by moduspol on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @05:16PM (#15761169)

Well no--proponents are making very falsifiable claims about what will happen without Net Neutrality. Freedom of speech on the net is at stake! Tiered Internet access! Slower speeds for small business web sites. Those will be easily verifiable.

For the rest, you're right. It's just like how we can't calculate the "huge chunk of human potential" we missed out on as a result of decreased competition and investment since the regulation was created in 2015. All we can do is guess. Who knows--maybe we would have had the Enterprise!

Do you have any other colorful ways of "crying wolf?"

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Re:The End of Net Neutrality = the Beginning of the Fragment... by gfodor on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @05:39PM (#15761317)

Friendly reminder: it was just a couple of weeks ago when 3-4 lawyers could go to congress and talk with serious faces about what they should do to control speech posted on the internet without being laughed out of the room due to the absurdity of the proposition.

We're already one foot in the dystopia, I'm afraid. Decentralization of these services can't come fast enough.

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