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Re:Facing net neutrality critics, Verizon lifts data caps on... by abdullahkhalids on Sunday August 26, 2018 @01:17AM (#17844398)
People who support net neutrality believe that if private corporations are allowed to bill packets based on destination/origin/content instead of treating them all equally, society would be worse off. Here is a prime example of a corporation being extremely petty in a emergency situation when possibly lives are at risk. To quote:

'Verizon's throttling has everything to do with net neutrality -- it shows that the ISPs will act in their economic interests, even at the expense of public safety," County Counsel James Williams said on behalf of the county and fire department.'

How then will a corporation act when the stakes are even lower? Act in public interest or profit seeking?

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Re:Facing net neutrality critics, Verizon lifts data caps on... by orangecat on Sunday August 26, 2018 @02:36AM (#17844611)
Verizon's throttling has everything to do with net neutrality

And that's just wrong. Verizon throttled the fire department after they hit the specified bandwidth limit, without regard to the content of the traffic. The people who are mad at Verizon are claiming that they should have treated the traffic differently because it was more important, which is exactly the opposite of net neutrality.

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Re:Facing net neutrality critics, Verizon lifts data caps on... by pleaseread on Sunday August 26, 2018 @07:34AM (#17845446)
What you're saying isn't wrong. Applied to that snippet of the qoute though is wrong.

At least semantically it makes it appear as if you read half of a qoute, reacted, and formed your reply based on that reaction.

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Re:Facing net neutrality critics, Verizon lifts data caps on... by BigTex420 on Sunday August 26, 2018 @02:57AM (#17844663)
There isn't (read: shouldn't be) a bandwidth limit on unlimited plans, which the fire department had
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Re:Facing net neutrality critics, Verizon lifts data caps on... by ComputerGuru on Sunday August 26, 2018 @03:05AM (#17844692)
Sure, but global bandwidth limits have nothing to do with net neutrality.
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