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Topic	Net Neutrality Repeal: The Internet Apocalypse That Never Came
Lunar_Savage 12/20/18 3:04:44 PM #136:	FLUFFYGERM posted... Lunar_Savage posted... Uncle Choad posted... Lunar_Savage posted... Uncle Choad posted... shockthemonkey posted... Lunar_Savage posted... I always get a good laugh out of people who believe nothing bad will happen just because the results weren't immediate. Suckers. Right? Like they honestly believe Comcast lobbies for NN to be repealed in order to help smaller companies compete or something? Just don't use Comcast and you'll be fine. If the ISPs were competing fairly and all well spread out you might have a point, but... that's just not the case. Get on their level, then. Borrow money from your parents and start your own company. No thanks, not interested. They already have created districted monopolies. There's no free market to compete fairly in. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d345pv/harvard-study-shows-why-big-telecom-is-terrified-of-community-run-broadband https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/launch-your-own-wireless-isp-for-25-000-says-startup-necto https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3np4a/new-municipal-broadband-map I read all of these. There is a nice spark of hope here, but it basically confirmed exactly what I said. Would I love to be wrong? Absolutely. I just don't see it having as large an impact as implied though. --- Number of Mega Cookies given: (::::) 29 Tips top hat, adjusts monocle, and walks away with a cane. And yes, that IS Mr. Peanut laying unconscious on the curb <cite>Lunar_Savage posted [p:914454712] in Net Neutra... [t:77317650]...</cite> <quote><cite>FLUFFYGERM posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lunar_Savage posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Uncle Choad posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lunar_Savage posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Uncle Choad posted...</cite> <quote><cite>shockthemonkey posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lunar_Savage posted...</cite> <quote>I always get a good laugh out of people who believe nothing bad will happen just because the results weren't immediate. Suckers.</quote> Right? Like they honestly believe Comcast lobbies for NN to be repealed in order to help smaller companies compete or something?</quote> Just don't use Comcast and you'll be fine.</quote> If the ISPs were competing fairly and all well spread out you might have a point, but... that's just not the case.</quote> Get on their level, then. Borrow money from your parents and start your own company.</quote> No thanks, not interested. They already have created districted monopolies. There's no free market to compete fairly in.</quote> https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d345pv/harvard-study-shows-why-big-telecom-is-terrified-of-community-run-broadband https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/launch-your-own-wireless-isp-for-25-000-says-startup-necto https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3np4a/new-municipal-broadband-map</quote> I read all of these. There is a nice spark of hope here, but it basically confirmed exactly what I said. Would I love to be wrong? Absolutely. I just don't see it having as large an impact as implied though. --- Number of Mega Cookies given: (::::) 29 Tips top hat, adjusts monocle, and walks away with a cane. And yes, that IS Mr. Peanut laying unconscious on the curb</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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