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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by remarkEon on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @06:03PM (#15910323)
This essay from Stratechery, and the accompanying podcast, I think sums up the way I feel about it and gets into how emotional people get over this topic [1]. I'm always going to be skeptical of whatever the ISPs are telling me, but I think Thompson's point here about how we don't know what things in the future won't exist if we mandate NN is worth at least considering, so I tend to agree that light-touch is probably a better approach.

[1] https://stratechery.com/2017/pro-neutrality-anti-title-ii/

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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by sushisource on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @06:11PM (#15910377)
I think the overall point of the article is solid, but this sentence is laughable:

"Again, zero-rating is not explicitly a net-neutrality issue: T-Mobile treats all data the same, some data just doesn’t cost money."

Right. Interesting definition of "same".

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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by remarkEon on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @06:25PM (#15910495)
I don't see how that's wrong? Nothing is being done to the packets.
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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by peeters on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @08:11PM (#15911128)
Except that they're charging you for some of them? There is no structural difference between zero rating certain traffic and adding surcharges for certain traffic.
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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by tc313 on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @06:11PM (#15910378)
At the risk of splitting hairs, Thompson actually argued in favor of mandating net neutrality, but against the stringent Title II regulations. He also argued that re-classifying ISPs would not necessarily lead to the end of net neutrality.
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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by remarkEon on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @06:24PM (#15910485)
You're correct, and I was perhaps assuming too much that people have kept up with his writing on this topic.
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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by DoreenMichele on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @06:43PM (#15910610)
That is definitely assuming too much when answering an explain it like I'm 5 type question.
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