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**fetesiceWaist** · 03-30-2011, 06:02 PM

Speaking of Republicans pocketing money and then doing the bidding of big business against the interests of most of the citizenry... I find the Republican anti-net neutrality stance to be transparently corrupt. Net neutrality just says that ISPs are a common carrier so they must treat all websites the same (and all traffic from end consumers the same) instead of blocking certain sites because the company doesn't like the site or because the company would rather have consumers go to a different site (like one the big cable company owns). That seems very straight forward and fair to me yet Republicans claim, illogically, that it is a stepping stone to totalitarianism and government censorship of the entire internet. :wtf:

Obviously, since most of the high speed connections are owned by just a few giant companies (mostly cable companies or phone companies) they want to maximize their profits and restrict consumer choices as much as they can legally get away with. Without net neutrality what is to stop Time-Warner deciding they really don't want any of their existing customers to see that a competitor is offering a better deal so they simply block the AT&T (or what not) site? Maybe Time-Warner would prefer you use websites and webservices owned by them so they slow down access to competing sites until they crawl but make sure their own site is lighting fast? I can already hear folks say "just switch ISPs" well in a lot of places, especially small towns or rural places, there is only one ISP or maybe not even one. Dish network is sometimes the only option for rural folks and even that can't be used is you don't have a clear exposure to the southern sky (because of trees or geography). Net neutrality is a very fair and common sense rule which prevents abuses by monopolies by Republicans, having stuffed their pockets with money from Time-Warner & AT&T, are completely lying about net neutrality saying it's a "government take over of the internet" and that "Obama will only let you see what Obama wants you to see". It's a complete lie just like their death panels lie or their birther lie.

03-30-2011, 06:02 PM	#29
fetesiceWaist Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	Speaking of Republicans pocketing money and then doing the bidding of big business against the interests of most of the citizenry... I find the Republican anti-net neutrality stance to be transparently corrupt. Net neutrality just says that ISPs are a common carrier so they must treat all websites the same (and all traffic from end consumers the same) instead of blocking certain sites because the company doesn't like the site or because the company would rather have consumers go to a different site (like one the big cable company owns). That seems very straight forward and fair to me yet Republicans claim, illogically, that it is a stepping stone to totalitarianism and government censorship of the entire internet. :wtf: Obviously, since most of the high speed connections are owned by just a few giant companies (mostly cable companies or phone companies) they want to maximize their profits and restrict consumer choices as much as they can legally get away with. Without net neutrality what is to stop Time-Warner deciding they really don't want any of their existing customers to see that a competitor is offering a better deal so they simply block the AT&T (or what not) site? Maybe Time-Warner would prefer you use websites and webservices owned by them so they slow down access to competing sites until they crawl but make sure their own site is lighting fast? I can already hear folks say "just switch ISPs" well in a lot of places, especially small towns or rural places, there is only one ISP or maybe not even one. Dish network is sometimes the only option for rural folks and even that can't be used is you don't have a clear exposure to the southern sky (because of trees or geography). Net neutrality is a very fair and common sense rule which prevents abuses by monopolies by Republicans, having stuffed their pockets with money from Time-Warner & AT&T, are completely lying about net neutrality saying it's a "government take over of the internet" and that "Obama will only let you see what Obama wants you to see". It's a complete lie just like their death panels lie or their birther lie.
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