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Re:Why I don't support Net Neutrality by preinheimer on Monday November 27, 2017 @04:46PM (#15791771)
I was enthusiastic when I saw the title, I'd love to read an impassioned plea by someone against net neutrality.

I don't think this article is it.

Net Neutrality would guarantee ISPs that blocked access to union websites would be fined[1].

Yes Net Neutrality would stop cheap plans like those offered in Portugal. But it would mean that a new messaging app would have a chance of finding traction, since it wouldn't need to convince every prospective user to start paying more for their Internet first.

Net Neutrality would not solve the problem of consumers having 0-2 choices when it comes to ISPs. Solving that would require laying millions of miles of new copper/fiber or somehow relieving those ISPs of their buried assets and making them communal property. Most problems can't be easily solved, so we settle for managing the symptoms.

[1] - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/telus-cuts-subscriber-access-t...

Re:Why I don't support Net Neutrality by eli on Monday November 27, 2017 @04:58PM (#15791903)
More realistically, it would make it impossible to start a new video streaming service or VoIP provider. Especially when the large ISPs own the or have partnerships with the entrenched competition.
Re:Why I don't support Net Neutrality by briznian on Monday November 27, 2017 @06:51PM (#15792900)
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=232617

I found this to be interesting.