Net Neutrality Explained

[Agent 488]

by a leaked pdf from those who stand to benefit.

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/ep...slide_deck.pdf

enjoy watching youtube at "happy hour."

[Barefootsies]

Thanks champ.

[Barry-xlovecam]

Senate Floor Debate ? Net neutrality

Senator Al Franken on the Comcast-NBC merger and the FCC's "net neutrality."

[bronco67]

I look at it this way...If I want to download 500 GB of stuff a day(which I don't), I should expect to pay more than the guy that just casually surfs.

Anyone complaining is just afraid of the free ride coming to an end.

One definite upside to net neutrality is the curbing of people who download hard drives full of illegal movies and music on a daily basis. If Joe Schmuck has to pay an extra 30 bucks per month because he wants all 50 volumes of Black Granny Cocksuckers in Blu Ray quality, then he might not download it.

[Agent 488]

I look at it this way...If I want to download 500 GB of stuff a day(which I don't), I should expect to pay more than the guy that just casually surfs.

Anyone complaining is just afraid of the free ride coming to an end.

One definite upside to net neutrality is the curbing of people who download hard drives full of illegal movies and music on a daily basis. If Joe Schmuck has to pay an extra 30 bucks per month because he wants all 50 volumes of Black Granny Cocksuckers in Blu Ray quality, then he might not download it.

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[bronco67]

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I realize its a slippery slope, blah blah. But tariffs for high usage are going to axe a lot of piracy. That has to be a good thing for anyone that produces digital content.

[moeloubani]

I look at it this way...If I want to download 500 GB of stuff a day(which I don't), I should expect to pay more than the guy that just casually surfs.

Anyone complaining is just afraid of the free ride coming to an end.

One definite upside to net neutrality is the curbing of people who download hard drives full of illegal movies and music on a daily basis. If Joe Schmuck has to pay an extra 30 bucks per month because he wants all 50 volumes of Black Granny Cocksuckers in Blu Ray quality, then he might not download it.

I don't think you understand what this is. He will still be able to download 500gb a day, but he will be downloading it from a website that isn't yours because you can't pay the $10,000,000 a year that it costs to put your website on the higher tier of traffic.

This means that a big company can say 'we want to be put on the higher tier of traffic' and unless you can come up with that $10 million a year, you're going to be put on the lower end of things meaning your traffic and revenue just took a giant hit.

Now go try to produce 'digital content' when the guy you were just selling it to can't pay you for it. Sites like Pornhub still have the money to go on the higher tier and they'll still stay fast while your pay site will load super slow.

The point is that lots of things can stop internet piracy - getting rid of the internet for example - but wanting to get rid of the internet just so there's no piracy is kind of stupid, isn't it?

We can not sell porn, that makes there be no piracy. We can make it so anyone downloading porn has to show ID that gets scanned through a device that porn users have to buy. What about a fingerprint device to make it even more secure? At some point 'axe a lot of piracy' isn't the priority - especially when the foundation of your entire business is at stake.

Can't wait till the day someone like you is crying because they can't upload a movie they just filmed because of the cost of uploading that movie while your competition has the money and the clients rendering you useless and money less.

[Agent 488]

I don't think you understand what this is. He will still be able to download 500gb a day, but he will be downloading it from a website that isn't yours because you can't pay the $10,000,000 a year that it costs to put your website on the higher tier of traffic.

This means that a big company can say 'we want to be put on the higher tier of traffic' and unless you can come up with that $10 million a year, you're going to be put on the lower end of things meaning your traffic and revenue just took a giant hit.

pretty much. the top 100 sites will have premium partnerships and the rest will be driven out of business.

i hope most american internet entrepreneurs remember what they did before the internet because they will be back doing it soon enough.