Current Events > Net Neutrality Repeal: The Internet Apocalypse That Never Came

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https://fee.org/articles/net-neutrality-repeal-the-internet-apocalypse-that-never-came/
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ISPs are just Thanos waiting to snap
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According to Recode, internet speeds actually have increased nearly 40 percent since net neutrality was abolished.

Overall internet speeds increasing has nothing to do with net neutrality. That's a natural progression of technology.
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Just because the worst is possible doesn't mean the worst will happen. If anything that's why it didn't happen because internet providers knew if they tried something so quickly there would be backlash.
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Fee.org ? Sounds like it costs money.
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shockthemonkey posted...

The internet has been a household commodity available for public use since August 6, 1991. However, according to net neutralitys most fervent supporters, the internet didnt truly take off until February 2015, when the FCC passed and adopted the new rules.

Wow only takes till the second paragraph to misrepresent facts and pro-NN stances

Seriously, it's pretty ridiculous.
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the fact they these fuckers have duped so many idiots into thinking this was Obama era stuff is terrifying. The fact that those same idiots are the ones out there screaming "fake news" makes me seriously nervous about the future for the first time in my life.
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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

ISPs are just Thanos waiting to snap

We've already seen an ISP already do something.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/12/centurylink-blocks-internet-access-falsely-claims-state-law-required-it/
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Spooking posted...

Comcast and Charter are some of the most liked companies out there and you lot didn't give them the benefit of the doubt. Unbelievable and pessimistic.

Wasn't Comcast rated the most hated company recently by someone?
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I find it funny how so many subreddits had a net neutrality post as one of the most upvoted things in their history over this
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https://www.fastcompany.com/90283913/how-the-wireless-industry-and-conservative-dark-money-groups-teamed-up-to-fight-net-neutrality

Spooking posted...

Comcast

Spooking posted...

most liked companies

Pass that shit
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Hey, remember when I was saying "nothing bad will happen" and y'all were like "yes it will"?

Looks like I was right yet again.
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shockthemonkey posted...

Think well see TC again now that everyone called out his bullshit?

Proudclod does love being an ignoramus
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DarkTransient posted...

Hey, remember when I was saying "nothing bad will happen" and y'all were like "yes it will"?

Looks like I was right yet again.

Yeah it's pretty ridiculous. Meanwhile I made several topics about the far-left Orwellian internet / privacy legislation that is sneaking its way through Australia and the EU and these usual suspects were nowhere to be found in those topics.
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probably because those laws are the literal opposite of net neutrality, and we were all sick of trying to explain the difference to you only for you to ignore it all and keep trolling.
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

DarkTransient posted...

Hey, remember when I was saying "nothing bad will happen" and y'all were like "yes it will"?

Looks like I was right yet again.

Yeah it's pretty ridiculous. Meanwhile I made several topics about the far-left Orwellian internet / privacy legislation that is sneaking its way through Australia and the EU and these usual suspects were nowhere to be found in those topics.

Considering you love to ignore anyone that speaks the opposite of what you have already concluded. I doubt it.
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imagine ignoring everyone who said that the effects of this won't be felt for years and then still sitting on a high horse

conservatrolls are borderline braindead
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That's a ridiculous article and you know it.

Spooking posted...

Comcast and Charter are some of the most liked companies out there and you lot didn't give them the benefit of the doubt. Unbelievable and pessimistic.

You're usually more subtle than this.
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Im totally good on having the United Nations decide how to interpret my freedom of speech rights. Come to think of it, it seems like every major country is turning their backs on the UN. Globalism kills countries.
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metralo posted...

conservatrolls are borderline braindead

Borderline?
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Payzmaykr posted...

Im totally good on having the United Nations decide how to interpretmy freedom of speech rights.

huh?
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/sorry-fcc-charter-will-lower-investment-after-net-neutrality-repeal/
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

Payzmaykr posted...

Im totally good on having the United Nations decide how to interpretmy freedom of speech rights.

huh?

Well, was the ultimate goal of net neutrality. The United Nations wanted to implement net neutrality across the western world for data collection and selective censorship. Basically, I might have a right to say something in the United States, but the United Nations would have control over who said what online.

It was an extremely harmful idea. The internet is literally how we get news and information out there, when 92%+ of the media is controlled by the opposition. If they could censor us completely, there would be total control.

Of course, Im talking about people from other countries. America should control America. Britain should control Britain, etc.
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why does the staff allow such blatant misinformation to spread on their site?

Posting false information as fact used to be quickly and harshly moderated. why did we ever go away from that?
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what's the point of net neutrality, anyway? Can someone explain
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Space_Man posted...

what's the point of net neutrality, anyway? Can someone explain

So ISPs treat internet traffic as neutral by not throttling traffic. It prevents them from killing competition.
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Isn't competition already dead? Go to any apartment complex and they'll be like "oh, sorry, Comcast only"

Or traffic as in Netflix speeds versus text-based websites speeds? Like, why does it even matter? I still get 80gbps since all of this happened. Why fix it if it ain't broke? Ya dig
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Space_Man posted...

Isn't competition already dead? Go to any apartment complex and they'll be like "oh, sorry, Comcast only"

Or traffic as in Netflix speeds versus text-based websites speeds? Like, why does it even matter? I still get 80gbps since all of this happened. Why fix it if it ain't broke? Ya dig

...You aren't here for honest discussion, are you?
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Kinda amazes me the level of failure that Proudclad manages to achieve. If this level of failure represents his online persona just imagine the level of failure in his real life.
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Space_Man posted...

Or traffic as in Netflix speeds versus text-based websites speeds? Like, why does it even matter? I still get 80gbps since all of this happened. Why fix it if it ain't broke? Ya dig

Well Comcast could start a streaming service and throttle Netflix.

Why let someone break what's fixed?
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Can I still log into my GameFAQS account if NN has bad effects one day? =[
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dave_is_slick posted...

Space_Man posted...

Isn't competition already dead? Go to any apartment complex and they'll be like "oh, sorry, Comcast only"

Or traffic as in Netflix speeds versus text-based websites speeds? Like, why does it even matter? I still get 80gbps since all of this happened. Why fix it if it ain't broke? Ya dig

...You aren't here for honest discussion, are you?

Is it pretty much that they CAN discriminate traffic based on where it's coming from?
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Also piracy and streaming sites seem affected, but you know, VPN ftw.
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dave_is_slick posted...

...You aren't here for honest discussion, are you?

What's a discussion anyway? What are a bunch of gamefaqs posters gonna accomplish when nobody here will change their mind on anything let alone change Net Neutrality laws. Ya dig?

Like, why talk about anything other than, like, Cheeseburgers?

Webmaster4531 posted...

Well Comcast could start a streaming service and throttle Netflix.

Why let someone break what's fixed?

Will they randomly remove all the good shows and start making shitty originals? If so then sign me up!
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Wait, is TC in support of NN repeal?
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Space_Man posted...

Why fix it if it ain't broke?

exactly. Net Neutrality has been the core idea behind the internet since the internet was a thing. Before it was a thing, even. so why are ISPs pushing so hard to kill it if they don't stand to gain from it's death... And why are they lying about it only being 3 years old if it's such a horrible thing?
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shockthemonkey posted...

The internet has been a household commodity available for public use since August 6, 1991. However, according to net neutralitys most fervent supporters, the internet didnt truly take off until February 2015, when the FCC passed and adopted the new rules.

Wow only takes till the second paragraph to misrepresent facts and pro-NN stances

Were they wrong about when the internet became available?
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Solar_Crimson posted...

Wait, is TC in support of NN repeal?

To be fair he's also apparently an anti vaxxer, so eh
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Medussa posted...

why does the staff allow such blatant misinformation to spread on their site?

Posting false information as fact used to be quickly and harshly moderated. why did we ever go away from that?

Because facts be damned, traffic drives ad revenue.

They've actually removed that line completely, and in fact their current "definition" of Trolling is an absolute fucking joke.

Here's a copy of the ToU from 2009:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/573081-hellhole/48994076

Here's the line about "Trolling":

* Trolling (Inciting Flames) - Messages intended solely to annoy and/or offend other users by going against the clear nature of a board, topic or chat room are not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to: provoking other users to respond with flames; provoking fans of a particular system or game, especially on boards or topics dedicated to that system or game; making misleading topic titles; asking obviously useless questions; posting false information as fact; and using another users quote in your signature without permission.

Here's the current ToU:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/features/tou

"Trolling" is no longer found under the "Community Rules" section. Instead you have to go to the Board Etiquette page:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/features/board_etiquette

Which says:

Trolling is not someone posting an opinion that differs from yours, but someone posting a message designed to get others mad enough to violate one of the other rules. Going on a board and posting "This game sucks and everybody who enjoys it is stupid" is trolling, and nothing good will come of it. Going on a board and posting "I hated this game, the controls were awful," isn't trolling, although it may not be popular opinion. Even if you disagree, you can either debate the user on their points or just ignore it.

I also want to add that's some of the worst legalese I've ever read in my life that wasn't translated from a foreign language through Google Translate.
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TheRealDill2000 posted...

shockthemonkey posted...

The internet has been a household commodity available for public use since August 6, 1991. However, according to net neutralitys most fervent supporters, the internet didnt truly take off until February 2015, when the FCC passed and adopted the new rules.

Wow only takes till the second paragraph to misrepresent facts and pro-NN stances

Were they wrong about when the internet became available?

Everything after that is complete horse shit.
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This is like an episode of Dexter where Dexter has Net Neutrality tied to his table in plastic wrap and just circling around it, ready to murder it.

Like the ISPs have us exactly where they want us, they know they just have to gradually make it worse over the course of decades to erode the free internet (like they attempted several times even before net neutrality died).

clearaflagrantj posted...

This is like an episode of Dexter where Dexter has Net Neutrality tied to his table in plastic wrap and just circling around it, ready to murder it.

i feel like a shark analogy would've been easier, just saying
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