goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
Hope Trump cuts funding to all those nations that voted against the US today. We don't need them as much as they need us.
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Hope Trump cuts funding to all those nations that voted against the US today. We don't need them as much as they need us.
I'll read the article you linked tonight. But why wouldn't you want people to have choices? That is what capitalism is all about.
If someone is just picking the social media package only I doubt they even search for news online outside of their social media outlets.
Net neutrality preserves choice. Abridging or abrogating it is what's anti-choice.
I wish more people had the ability to view the NN decision based on the reality on the ground (like Jaw does) instead of on the basis of misapplied Econ 101 theory. "More choice" =/= more choice if the power to dictate that choice is so heavily concentrated in the hands of a scant few providers.
And, just to tie a couple of threads together...the rationale against higher corporate taxes is that higher taxes will be passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. So now that, say, NBC-Universal-Comcast and AT&T will be paying billions less in taxes, surely they'll lower prices to consumers...
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won't they?
I wish more people had the ability to view the NN decision based on the reality on the ground (like Jaw does) instead of on the basis of misapplied Econ 101 theory. "More choice" =/= more choice if the power to dictate that choice is so heavily concentrated in the hands of a scant few providers.
And, just to tie a couple of threads together...the rationale against higher corporate taxes is that higher taxes will be passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. So now that, say, NBC-Universal-Comcast and AT&T will be paying billions less in taxes, surely they'll lower prices to consumers...
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won't they?
Look at how Russia has attempted to gain influence with a few small ad buys in social media, just on the hope that specific groups would see a message.
Think of Google's recent decision to demonetize YouTube channels that Google disagrees with politically.
Now imagine the power that an ISP will have to shape the way people think by promoting or blocking certain points of view. It's frightening.
It's not up to you dictate what others do with their own money, no matter how badly you think you have that right.
I'm glad they have the option. I expect to see some combination of higher wages, higher R&D investment, dividends, stock buy backs and lower prices on products.
The private sectors record of effenciency, technology advancement, and better prices for consumers speaks for itself
Please elaborate sir.
But that ISP will lose cusotmers to another ISP if it shapes its content the way its users don't want and I think that is the point. Right now Google/Facebook have absolute monopolies on information. This limits that because because can choose to pay for a package which doesn't include their content. Why do you think companies like netflix are so opposed to this?
The Internet has become the most important public utility in, well, history, and it's not something that anyone should be open to tampering with in any way, shape, form or fashion. That we, as Americans, have long since rolled-over and allowed ISPs to regulate fundamental aspects of the connection process such as bandwidth usage (capped at 1TB a month, from most providers) and, to a lesser extent, speed of service (having a line to your house that's capable of far greater speeds, but restricted to something ridiculous like 10mbps), should be an incredibly ominous sign of things to come.
The goal here should be to grow out the Internet in every sector of society - not strangulate it under the guise of "competitive growth".
But that ISP will lose cusotmers to another ISP if it shapes its content the way its users don't want and I think that is the point. Right now Google/Facebook have absolute monopolies on information. This limits that because because can choose to pay for a package which doesn't include their content. Why do you think companies like netflix are so opposed to this?
It's not up to you dictate what others do with their own money, no matter how badly you think you have that right
Criminy, thethe...one ISP can't lose customers to another ISP if there is no competition within a given market. I'm not sure why you don't/won't/can't internalize this.
I don't know enough about this obviously but why can't there be more ISP's in the market? What is to stop a large private equity firm from realizing this market inefficiency and create a new ISP?
Don't get me wrong, though. I'd be tickled pink by more competition within the telecom industry.