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Topic	Am I the only one who doesnt give a rats ass about net neutrality
adjl 11/21/17 5:59:04 PM #16:	WastelandCowboy posted... OmegaTomHank posted... shadowsword87 posted... People will move away if there are alternatives that exist. There aren't always alternatives. And if there isnt, demand for less oppressive internet drives young upstart companies to expand itno these areas and take down the giants. Its called capitalism. Except that it's a big gamble with huge bills to start. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/one-big-reason-we-lack-internet-competition-starting-an-isp-is-really-hard/ Comcast and ATT freak out and throw money at motions to ignore new internet providers or sue upstarts. Pretty much. Breaking the telecom oligopoly is not at all a realistic option for people that are dissatisfied with the service provided by the existing options. There's a reason Google Fiber is the only noteworthy exception to that trend seen in the last decade or two, and that's because it's **ing Google and they can throw a billion dollars into a high-risk venture if they feel like it and nobody can stop them. De-regulating ISP's is a really, really bad idea. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:890825687] in Am I the o... [t:76016834]...</cite> <quote><cite>WastelandCowboy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>OmegaTomHank posted...</cite> <quote><cite>shadowsword87 posted...</cite> <quote>People will move away if there are alternatives that exist. There aren't always alternatives.</quote> And if there isnt, demand for less oppressive internet drives young upstart companies to expand itno these areas and take down the giants. Its called capitalism.</quote> Except that it's a big gamble with huge bills to start. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/one-big-reason-we-lack-internet-competition-starting-an-isp-is-really-hard/ Comcast and ATT freak out and throw money at motions to ignore new internet providers or sue upstarts.</quote> Pretty much. Breaking the telecom oligopoly is not at all a realistic option for people that are dissatisfied with the service provided by the existing options. There's a reason Google Fiber is the only noteworthy exception to that trend seen in the last decade or two, and that's because it's **ing Google and they can throw a billion dollars into a high-risk venture if they feel like it and nobody can stop them. De-regulating ISP's is a really, really bad idea. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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