Net Neutrality... here is how I, and Trump, see it. Competition breeds the best service. This is simple economic fact that can not be disputed.
Ok, without Net Neutrality, you do get service providers throttling content of certain types. But what does this cause you to do? Switch service providers. And then those providers will eventually learn why people switched, thus causing them to make them better. So you switch again. Then they start price wars with each other trying to get you to switch… See More
to them. It will take a few years, but eventually, you end up getting the best service for a far lower price than you are paying today.
I remember switching telephone services left and right in the 90's and getting hundreds of dollars of free calls every time I switched. Now, it is just one small flat rate for long distance in the US. This is just like that.
From what I have gleamed through other sites, is that people, especially in the UK, are amazed at what we pay for Internet service here in the US. While we, not knowing anything different, don't realize how much we are paying. I have no clue about the world's Net Neutrality laws, but it sounds like most places pay far less than the US and this shouldn't be the case. This is because Net Neutrality was passed to begin with... and thus eliminated competition and skyrocketed fees.
It's not just the ISPs that will be throttling, you forget there's backbone providers too. Companies that want the fast lane like Netflix will likely make up the difference by raising monthly subscriptions. It won't matter what ISP you have in that case. But what if you play WoW (or other favorite MMO) and they don't jump on the fast lane? It may make your game unplayable. That would suck if you pay for a premium internet connection and not get the bandwidth. Because it's not just you, the… See More
end user, that will have to shop for a new provider, businesses will have as well. We at home don't get to pick what provider WoW, Steam, Netflix, Youtube, Twitch, and all the things we use choose as their provider.
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i disagree. I believe the end of Net Neutrality will allow big ISP's to act more like crack dealers than web providers. ("oh, you need 40 more websites? That'll be $400)
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