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Originally Posted by KrisKross
actually, that's the effect of eliminating net neutrality.
net neutrality is the idea that all packets/data being transferred are treated in the same way. however, bandwith providers want to charge fees to companies delivering loads of multimedia content (MTV.com, for example) in return for prioritizing their traffic over other traffic.
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I had it kind of backwards. So at the moment we have net neutrality and they would like to put an end to this.
I had also read that on the same bill as this something that would end the monopolies that cable companies have on internet and cable TV access. Right now in most places in the country you only have one option for cable modem service or cable TV service ( although some phone companies are now offering TV service and you can get a dish) from what I understand this bill would also allow other cable companies to move into areas and compete which would lower prices... I'm not sure if that is 100% correct, but I seem to remeber hearing about this somewhere. I would like that, but not at the cost of losing net neutrality.