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Net Neutrality Is Officially Dead. That's a Victory for Free Speech.
« on: April 23, 2018, 09:05:19 pm »
The policy was "a solution that won't work to a problem that doesn't exist."
By Nick Gillespie
http://reason.com/blog/2018/04/23/net-neutrality-is-officially-dead-dont-e

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Today marks the end of the net neutrality rules enacted in 2015. Passed after President Barack Obama actively pushed for it, the "Open Internet Order" allowed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate the business practices of internet service providers (ISPs) and mobile carriers under regulations originally designed for the old Bell Telephone monopoly. Supporters of net neutrality, including companies such as Netflix, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon, argue that ISPs have too much control over the "pipes" of the Internet and would engage in all sorts of content discrimination absent such rules. Opponents of net neutrality, including me and most everyone at Reason, argue that bad actions only rarely and sporadically happened before the imposition of such rules and were easily remedied without giving the government enormous power to dictate business practices . . .
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Re: Net Neutrality Is Officially Dead. That's a Victory for Free Speech.
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2018, 04:39:30 pm »
@EasyAce amazing to me how many people don't realize what a bad thing NN actually was.
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Re: Net Neutrality Is Officially Dead. That's a Victory for Free Speech.
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2018, 04:42:32 pm »
Quote from: txradioguy on April 24, 2018, 04:39:30 pm
@EasyAce amazing to me how many people don't realize what a bad thing NN actually was.
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They see a name such as "Net Neutrality" and think that, just by the name, it sounds exemplary, but then they don't
trouble themselves to look into what is actually meant.

Between us, you and me could probably lose count of how many terrible laws have been passed with attractive, right-
sounding names and ugly, wrong actualities.
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Re: Net Neutrality Is Officially Dead. That's a Victory for Free Speech.
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2018, 04:43:47 pm »
Quote from: EasyAce on April 24, 2018, 04:42:32 pm
@txradioguy
They see a name such as "Net Neutrality" and think that, just by the name, it sounds exemplary, but then they don't
trouble themselves to look into what is actually meant.

Between us, you and me could probably lose count of how many terrible laws have been passed with attractive, right-
sounding names and ugly, wrong actualities.

On that I have no doubt.
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Re: Net Neutrality Is Officially Dead. That's a Victory for Free Speech.
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2018, 04:44:00 pm »
"a solution that won't work to a problem that doesn't exist."

No wonder Libtards embraced it so lovingly.
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« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2018, 04:46:21 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on April 24, 2018, 04:44:00 pm
"a solution that won't work to a problem that doesn't exist."

No wonder Libtards embraced it so lovingly.

Sadly it wasn't just the left.  A lot of people to the right of the political spectrum were suckered in by a pretty name as well.
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