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Originally Posted by Robbie
2 freakin' years of a regulation...and the media and politicians are acting like it's the end of the world.
It's disgusting to me to see people willfully allow themselves to be this stupid.
And "No", I'm not saying it's a good or bad thing.
I'm just pointing out what SHOULD be obvious to people...it was a REGULATION THAT IS 2 YEARS OLD.
Most internet innovation happened PRIOR to that. Most wealth on the internet happened PRIOR to that.
I don't see where this reg did much one way or another. And I don't see how getting rid of it is suddenly going to take away people's fucking NetFlix.
And...apparently over the Obama administration's time...there is suddenly NO ISP competition after over 20 years of lots of competition in even small towns. And nobody seems to even wonder or have any curiosity how that happened.
Maybe if some people didn't spend all their time watching NetFlix and started kicking ass in real life....things would be better.
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Robbie, I have a friend who started 2 ISP's here locally targeted towards rural customers but using existing ISP's wires - of course, he paid them for utilizing their property but was only allowed to do so because of Net Neutrality. This was only possible because of Title II classification. Before that, in this area, there were 2 choices for 20 years. His kids were set for college (wherever they wanted to go) and he began investing heavily in real estate. He's ALREADY (after a couple days) facing litigation from those ISP's he was purchasing from after the repeal of those regulations. Now he'll probably go bankrupt and live on government handouts. My lawyer is representing him and told a few of us that this person has had to put a bunch of homes on the market just to be able to HOPEFULLY afford the legal costs brought upon him by 2 big ISP's.
Also because of Title II, 3 local towns (20k and smaller) with their own power companies installed fiber that is 1gbps down / up for $30 per month to every resident and business (and it paid for itself in year 1). All 3 of those towns saw a boom in new residents, new businesses and new construction.
I live in one of the most red counties in the country...
There are those of us who have been advocating for Net Neutrality for 15 years for a lot of these reasons - it helps innovation, helps create NEW businesses (not just protect OLD ones), and helps grow the economy in the 21st Century. With respect, it appears you only started paying attention when it became a hot political issue on cable news.