A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours before the FCC vote

Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @07:20AM (#15913745)

Nope, big companies don't get their money from thin air, they get it from the consumer. Company expenses === consumer cost.

And even if they did, it wouldn't make the internet cheaper for you - it'd make it "not more expensive". Getting rid of net neutrality will give ISPs and such more tools to make the internet more expensive.

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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by amelius on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @07:42AM (#15913850)

It's not that simple. Google could build a fiber network itself. If it's more efficient, wouldn't this allow Google to lower prices for their own services? Also if Google didn't connect to every consumer, Google could lease lines to ISPs and other businesses. As a result, there would be a complicated market, and consumer data would be subsidized by other businesses indirectly.

(Again, playing devil's advocate)

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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by fjsolwmv on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @11:40AM (#15915331)

That's quite false. If expenses equaled prices, there'd be no need no concern about artificial throttling. The concert is monopoly rent profits.

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