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    Net Neutrality

    Is there a better example of the interests of the few exceeding the interests of the many than the FCC's attempt to target Net Neutrality? Pretty much no one but ISPs want net neutrality. It means no good for any small fry on the internet as companies like Google, Facebook, etc. can have the money to prioritize their streams and force new players to get ruined. Add in that certain ISPs have vested interests in companies (Verizon with Yahoo, AT&T with DirectTV, Fox, Comcast, and ABC with Hulu, so on so forth)

    So imagine a world where if you have a VErizon Cell Phone, you cannot access Google as quickly as Yahoo. That's a potential reality if this goes through.

    Irony of it from an outsiders POV, is that the Republicans the people who want a "free market" preach about "capitalism" etc. are the ones pushing this which this is just a total slap in the face of the freemarket.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zitothebrave View Post
    So imagine a world where if you have a VErizon Cell Phone, you cannot access Google as quickly as Yahoo. That's a potential reality if this goes through.
    It's a reality I know well from having to use Bing while I was in China; you can imagine the horror.

    Quote Originally Posted by zitothebrave View Post
    Irony of it from an outsiders POV, is that the Republicans the people who want a "free market" preach about "capitalism" etc. are the ones pushing this which this is just a total slap in the face of the freemarket.
    Typical. It's like Sessions spewing states' rights pablum until it comes to recreational cannabis.
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    I heard Bing was excellent for porn.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
    I heard Bing was excellent for porn.
    You could always just go to the bars/clubs in the Shanghai expat district, spend one or two hundred yuan on drinks and garbage cigarettes, and eliminate that Bing utility, too.
    Last edited by jpx7; 07-12-2017 at 07:26 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    You could always just go to the bars/clubs in the Shanghai expat district, spend one or two hundred yuan on drinks and garbage cigarettes, and eliminate that Bing utility, too.
    Well, you can't get hepatitis from using Bing. Maybe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
    I heard Bing was excellent for porn.
    "A friend" told you ?
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