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Mal_Fet posted...

Gamer99z posted...

Many parts of the country don't have access to multiple high speed companies though.

Mal_Fet posted...

May as well give the government control over all industries since somewhere there might be a podunk town with only one store of that industry in it.

Solid logic.

Gamer99z posted...

If argue at this point that the internet as a platform has become an essential part of modern life as well as a market of it's own, a market that maintaining NN would keep as free as possible for the large number of business that's done largely or exclusively online these days.

Look at the current state of how "free" electric and water companies are right now and ask yourself if that's really the kind of thing you want the internet to turn into.

But it's not just podunk towns. A large amount of the country has regional monopolies and duopolies.
To make an off topic point, it's hypocritical that many Trump supporters and people on the right made a big deal about supporting the EC which got Trump elected, talking about how important it is for middle America and the rust belt to he represented properly be even if they have less people and not be overpowered by the major cities and likes of Cali/NY. Then there's something like this where a good portion of middle America and the rust belt is fucked by these regional monopolies and now suddenly all those people in middle America don't matter and should take a backseat because major cities don't have have this problem.

How would NN specifically lead to the internet turning into something like that? Even disregarding NN specifically and just the specific point I'm making which is that the internet is a market of it's own, is necessary in modern life, and ISP's should be made to not discriminate traffic and offer their service as a level playing field in that regard with the source of competition stemming primarily through pricing and speed plans. How would that kill competition or hurt the free market?

And with all the regional monopolies ISP's might as well be like water or electric companies for most people. And the free market isn't doing shit to fix that issue in a high chunk of America.
Unless you want to argue that it's current regulations that are responsible for it being like that, and if that's your argument I'd like to know what specific regulations you think are holding back growth in those areas and what you'd change to fix it.
Because right now ISP's will just buy out little guys or even do more scummy things like throw frivolous lawsuits at them that take years and keep them from breaking ground and losing money as well as doing things like what my current ISP did and make a deal with the city out here for what iirc is an exclusive contract until 2020 or something. What regulations need to be removed to fix that problem that many Americans fall into?
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