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Re:Ajit Pai is right by cbsmith on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @12:15PM (#15799153)
The article discusses this stuff.

That said: guess what? The wireless carrier world currently has exemptions from net neutrality. It's the wired world where these rules apply.

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Re:Ajit Pai is right by ska on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @12:20PM (#15799225)
Are you suggesting that the desired effect is that the wired world becomes more like the wireless?

I suppose it depends on your geographic location, but I suspect many North Americans would say: no thanks.

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Re:Ajit Pai is right by mr_spothawk on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @12:39PM (#15799433)
> Are you suggesting that the desired effect is that the wired world becomes more like the wireless?

not at all... parent is merely pointing out that NetNeut doesn't apply to wireless.

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Re:Ajit Pai is right by apple4ever on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @01:32PM (#15799985)
And in fact Title II also provides a huge out for wired providers to ignore NN.

NN supporters really should read up on Title II, because they would be opposed to it.

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Re:Ajit Pai is right by api on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @12:41PM (#15799454)
Yes, and we want to do everything we can to keep the wired world from being as shitty as the wireless world.
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