Net Neutrality

[zitothebrave]

Do you not believe the govt put spying devices on routers?

No it's dumb if you think Net Neutrality will cause more spying. It's not easier or harder to do with the FCC ruling.

 

[gilesfan]

And who else would do that for 50 cents?

A bum. So in this instance the govt doesn't do it faster.

 

[gilesfan]

No it's dumb if you think Net Neutrality will cause more spying. It's not easier or harder to do with the FCC ruling.

Yeah, govt having control over the internet won't encourage spying. They promise!

 

[Krgrecw]

No it's dumb if you think Net Neutrality will cause more spying. It's not easier or harder to do with the FCC ruling.

Its easier to spy with the FCC ruling.

 

[Dalyn]

Its easier to spy with the FCC ruling.

Good. Maybe it'll save us taxpayers some money.

 

[zitothebrave]

Its easier to spy with the FCC ruling.

No it isn't. Is it easier for the government to spy on your phone conversations since they regulate telecom?

 

[Dalyn]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/03/12/technology/net-neutrality-rules-explained.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1

 

[sturg33]

Link:FCC Aims to Subsidize Internet Service for the Poor

That didn't take long... Governmemt takes over Internet and new tax will be needed to give people free internet. Of course, the people who will be getting it already have Internet but now you'll pay for it instead of them.

 

[Krgrecw]

Link:FCC Aims to Subsidize Internet Service for the Poor

That didn't take long... Governmemt takes over Internet and new tax will be needed to give people free internet. Of course, the people who will be getting it already have Internet but now you'll pay for it instead of them.

That plan sounds familiar

 

[Carp]

I understand why landline phones are taxed. Internet will be taxed too. The internet being a utility is a terrible idea.

Don't tell me your power never goes out. And when it does, I'm sure the government does an excellent job turning it back on, right?

Business if for profit and they do a darn better job at it that government. They have to answer to the market because if they didn't someone else would jump in. Like FIOS jumped in my area. I have no choice on who my power company is and I'd say my internet runs more smoothly and with better service than my local utility companies. You really think the government answers to you? If that's true, why am I forced to have Obamacare, forced to allow them to spy on my internet usage, forced to use the local power company, etc.

Not one person has answered me in someone the government has provided faster, cheaper, better than private business has.

EPB in Chatanooga is already doing it. They have some of the fastest internet speeds in the nation. Faster than some huge metro areas like Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Nashville, Boston, etc. And the prices are better than anything else available in the area as well.

Fiber optic is insanely reliable. When u pay for 100 mps speed, that is the speed you consistently get (unlike other companies, where you pay for 24 mps and only get that speed periodically).

All while being funded by the city of Chattanooga.

 

[Carp]

YOu must be trolling. My step Dad sent me a letter from literally 0.5 miles away and it arrived 5 days after he sent it.

Well that proves it then.

 

[gilesfan]

Link:FCC Aims to Subsidize Internet Service for the Poor

That didn't take long... Governmemt takes over Internet and new tax will be needed to give people free internet. Of course, the people who will be getting it already have Internet but now you'll pay for it instead of them.

What did you expect?

 

[gilesfan]

All while being funded by the city of Chattanooga.

And what makes that right? Where did the city get the money from?

 

[acesfull86]

Link:FCC Aims to Subsidize Internet Service for the Poor

That didn't take long... Governmemt takes over Internet and new tax will be needed to give people free internet. Of course, the people who will be getting it already have Internet but now you'll pay for it instead of them.

Wonderful

 

[Dalyn]

Why should we have a problem with them using unused funds from another program to help people get internet? A percentage of those people will start an Etsy (or similar) business and get off welfare and food stamps and start paying for internet. The rest might have a child who will make friends and stay off the streets or something like that. Even a VERY SMALL percentage like that is worth reallocating (basically) unused funds.

 

[acesfull86]

The funds shouldn't have been collected in the first place, IMO.

 

[Dalyn]

The funds shouldn't have been collected in the first place, IMO.

That's a different argument.

 

[acesfull86]

That's a different argument.

OK, then the unused funds should be returned rathen than reallocated.

 

[Krgrecw]

Why should we have a problem with them using unused funds from another program to help people get internet? A percentage of those people will start an Etsy (or similar) business and get off welfare and food stamps and start paying for internet. The rest might have a child who will make friends and stay off the streets or something like that. Even a VERY SMALL percentage like that is worth reallocating (basically) unused funds.

Yeah but after the initial unused funds are used what happens next? The city will have to get the money from somewhere to keep the project going.

 

[Dalyn]

http://consumerist.com/2015/03/25/new-homeowner-has-to-sell-house-because-of-comcasts-incompetence-lack-of-competition/