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Re:Gov report bizarrely claims net neutrality repeal raised ... by hellotomyrars on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @01:27PM (#22486323)
It may not have ended up in the nightmare scenario but I still pay Comcast more money for less service now. If I want unlimited data I have to shell out $50 extra a month.

Also this is a symptom of a bigger problem.

You want the FCC to focus on problems which you feel are more serious. That's fine. I agree. The FCC should do something. Anything. The problem is the FCC is weak as hell and not willing to take meaningful action on basically anything at this point.

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Re:Gov report bizarrely claims net neutrality repeal raised ... by Claudus on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @02:52PM (#22487332)
I’m paying Comcast ~$50 a month for a decently fast connection, and 1TB monthly data transfer, it’s actually cheaper, faster, and a higher limit than it was for the equivalent plan 10 years ago.
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Re:Gov report bizarrely claims net neutrality repeal raised ... by hellotomyrars on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @04:51PM (#22488541)
The last time I had Comcast was 2016. I did not have a bandwidth cap and they had only just instituted it in a few test markets.

Now it is nation-wide.

I get slightly more speed than I did back then, but I'd trade that extra speed for no bandwidth cap in a heartbeat. Obviously usage depends on person and plenty of people won't notice cap but I can easily drop 1/10th of my monthly bandwidth budget on a single game on steam these days.

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Re:Gov report bizarrely claims net neutrality repeal raised ... by SQueeeeeL on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @02:57PM (#22487384)
Why are you comparing your internet to the internet from 10 years ago when it was significantly less important and less used...
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Re:Gov report bizarrely claims net neutrality repeal raised ... by krapp on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @03:01PM (#22487435)
The internet in 2010 wasn't significantly less important or less used than now.
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