Current Events > Is there a good argument on why Internet access shouldn't be free for everyone?

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ItsVinceRusso 05/23/18 5:15:51 PM #1:	Radio and broadcast TV were so necessary for the societies that came before us, they and were made to access free. Yet internet is just as if not more necessary, and yet we cannot access it without paying a monthly fee. --- bro <cite>ItsVinceRusso posted [p:901864848] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>Radio and broadcast TV were so necessary for the societies that came before us, they and were made to access free. Yet internet is just as if not more necessary, and yet we cannot access it without paying a monthly fee.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bob742omb 05/23/18 5:16:40 PM #2:	go to a library better yet go to starbucks --- bob the buster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFNtqC0ETqo <cite>bob742omb posted [p:901864896] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>go to a library better yet go to starbucks</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Muffinz0rz 05/23/18 5:16:51 PM #3:	I didn't know people got radios and TVs for free back then --- Not removing this until Pat Benatar is in Super Smash Bros. (Started 8/31/2010) 2018 NFLB Summersim (2-4): https://imgur.com/7cjNtgQ <cite>Muffinz0rz posted [p:901864908] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>I didn't know people got radios and TVs for free back then</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DeadSite 05/23/18 5:17:03 PM #4:	Nope. Glad cities are picking up on it and setting up city wide WiFi. <cite>DeadSite posted [p:901864915] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>Nope. Glad cities are picking up on it and setting up city wide WiFi.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Webmaster4531 05/23/18 5:19:10 PM #6:	Nothing is free. Radio and TV had ads. --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:901865030] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>Nothing is free. Radio and TV had ads.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheVipaGTS 05/23/18 5:22:12 PM #8:	Webmaster4531 posted... Nothing is free. Radio and TV had ads. we pay for the internet and it still has ads. --- Dallas Cowboys: 1 - 1 <cite>TheVipaGTS posted [p:901865196] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote><cite>Webmaster4531 posted...</cite> <quote>Nothing is free. Radio and TV had ads.</quote> we pay for the internet and it still has ads.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MedzXVIII 05/23/18 5:23:27 PM #9:	How can the rich get richer? --- Hi <cite>MedzXVIII posted [p:901865282] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>How can the rich get richer?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531 05/23/18 5:24:03 PM #10:	TheVipaGTS posted... Webmaster4531 posted... Nothing is free. Radio and TV had ads. we pay for the internet and it still has ads. Not for me. --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:901865318] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheVipaGTS posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Webmaster4531 posted...</cite> <quote>Nothing is free. Radio and TV had ads.</quote> we pay for the internet and it still has ads.</quote> Not for me. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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BlackHorse6969 05/23/18 5:25:32 PM #12:	ISPs should sell a special temporary package for a $1 to use internet. like you can buy these cards with codes, and when you need internet, you open up your laptop, phone, etc enter the code, and you have internet for an hour --- https://imgur.com/dMnyy10 <cite>BlackHorse6969 posted [p:901865405] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>ISPs should sell a special temporary package for a $1 to use internet. like you can buy these cards with codes, and when you need internet, you open up your laptop, phone, etc enter the code, and you have internet for an hour</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ItsVinceRusso 05/23/18 5:30:57 PM #13:	Webmaster4531 posted... Nothing is free. Radio and TV had ads. Remember Kmart's free ad-supported ISP in the late 90s? Good times --- bro <cite>ItsVinceRusso posted [p:901865721] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote><cite>Webmaster4531 posted...</cite> <quote>Nothing is free. Radio and TV had ads.</quote> Remember Kmart's free ad-supported ISP in the late 90s? Good times</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anteaterking 05/23/18 5:32:44 PM #14:	Bullet_Wing posted... but if it was free, who would pay for upkeep? Who pays upkeep on roads? --- http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg <cite>Anteaterking posted [p:901865824] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote><cite>Bullet_Wing posted...</cite> <quote>but if it was free, who would pay for upkeep?</quote> Who pays upkeep on roads?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EndOfDiscOne 05/23/18 5:33:24 PM #15:	Yes and food, housing, clothing, utilities, etc. should be free as well since you need them to survive --- I am the Cheese! I am the best character on the show! I am better than both the salami and the bologna *COMBINED!* <cite>EndOfDiscOne posted [p:901865870] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>Yes and food, housing, clothing, utilities, etc. should be free as well since you need them to survive</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MedzXVIII 05/23/18 5:33:54 PM #16:	Only on TV and radio. And in magazines. And movies. And at ball games and on buses and milk cartons and t-shirts and written on the sky. But not in dreams. No siree! --- Hi <cite>MedzXVIII posted [p:901865896] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>Only on TV and radio. And in magazines. And movies. And at ball games and on buses and milk cartons and t-shirts and written on the sky. But not in dreams. No siree!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Prestoff 05/23/18 5:37:10 PM #17:	Internet should be defined as a utility therefore affordable like electricity and water, but I don't know about making it free. --- It's what all true warriors strive for! <cite>Prestoff posted [p:901866079] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>Internet should be defined as a utility therefore affordable like electricity and water, but I don't know about making it free.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ItsVinceRusso 05/23/18 5:37:58 PM #19:	EndOfDiscOne posted... Yes and food, housing, clothing, utilities, etc. should be free as well since you need them to survive do you know what you need to have access to in order to find a job to make money in order to afford food, housing, and clothing? the internet --- bro <cite>ItsVinceRusso posted [p:901866131] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote><cite>EndOfDiscOne posted...</cite> <quote>Yes and food, housing, clothing, utilities, etc. should be free as well since you need them to survive</quote> do you know what you need to have access to in order to find a job to make money in order to afford food, housing, and clothing? the internet</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Damn_Underscore 05/23/18 5:38:49 PM #20:	Because it costs ISPs money to provide internet service --- Shenmue II = best game of all time Shenmue = 2nd best game of all time <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:901866176] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>Because it costs ISPs money to provide internet service</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Balrog0 05/23/18 5:41:58 PM #21:	16-BITTER posted... if they had a way to force you to pay for it they would implement it; remember the BBC tries to do exactly this. I think your example shows the opposite of what you want it to. We could easily charge people for broadcast TV, we just chose not to... --- It's one more thing we do to the poor, the deprived: cut out their tongues . . . allow them a language as lousy as their lives <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:901866341] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote><cite>16-BITTER posted...</cite> <quote>if they had a way to force you to pay for it they would implement it; remember the BBC tries to do exactly this. </quote> I think your example shows the opposite of what you want it to. We could easily charge people for broadcast TV, we just chose not to...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
muchdran 05/23/18 5:43:45 PM #22:	Who would build and maintain the network? --- If liberals didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have standards at all. <cite>muchdran posted [p:901866441] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>Who would build and maintain the network?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ItsVinceRusso 05/23/18 5:47:38 PM #23:	muchdran posted... Who would build and maintain the network? who builds and maintains the radio towers? --- bro <cite>ItsVinceRusso posted [p:901866667] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote><cite>muchdran posted...</cite> <quote>Who would build and maintain the network?</quote> who builds and maintains the radio towers?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HBOSS 05/23/18 5:48:22 PM #25:	i think it's not a utility because private companies rent and use public infrastructure to run lines and lines throughout the city. these private companies set up an infrastructure for the internet. now if the government did it, it has a better chance of being free. think us postal service type of internet though. because its not, the internet been able to achieve its speeds of today and the neat future. --- You don't stop playing because you grow old, You grow old because you stop playing <cite>HBOSS posted [p:901866717] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>i think it's not a utility because private companies rent and use public infrastructure to run lines and lines throughout the city. these private companies set up an infrastructure for the internet. now if the government did it, it has a better chance of being free. think us postal service type of internet though. because its not, the internet been able to achieve its speeds of today and the neat future.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Y2J_os_HBK_Blue 05/23/18 5:49:38 PM #26:	The internet is literally free. Go to the library <cite>Y2J_os_HBK_Blue posted [p:901866789] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>The internet is literally free. Go to the library</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Balrog0 05/23/18 5:53:43 PM #27:	16-BITTER posted... Balrog0 posted... 16-BITTER posted... if they had a way to force you to pay for it they would implement it; remember the BBC tries to do exactly this. I think your example shows the opposite of what you want it to. We could easily charge people for broadcast TV, we just chose not to... How does one prove that your TV was used to receive broadcast signal or if it's just a slave to a DVD player or gaming console? They can't charge you for a service if you aren't using it, but they also can't prove if you are using it. in the UK they essentially audit people --- It's one more thing we do to the poor, the deprived: cut out their tongues . . . allow them a language as lousy as their lives <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:901867016] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote><cite>16-BITTER posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Balrog0 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>16-BITTER posted...</cite> <quote>if they had a way to force you to pay for it they would implement it; remember the BBC tries to do exactly this. </quote> I think your example shows the opposite of what you want it to. We could easily charge people for broadcast TV, we just chose not to...</quote> How does one prove that your TV was used to receive broadcast signal or if it's just a slave to a DVD player or gaming console? They can't charge you for a service if you aren't using it, but they also can't prove if you are using it.</quote> in the UK they essentially audit people</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Naysaspace 05/23/18 5:56:33 PM #28:	Radio and tv certainly were never free <cite>Naysaspace posted [p:901867189] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>Radio and tv certainly were never free</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
muchdran 05/23/18 6:03:29 PM #29:	The only way everyone would get it in America is cell towers. You want the government to build these? --- If liberals didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have standards at all. <cite>muchdran posted [p:901867546] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>The only way everyone would get it in America is cell towers. You want the government to build these?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dbf50 05/23/18 6:16:01 PM #30:	well i'd imagine now that it's far too late, if internet were to be free the infrastructure would've had to been set up in the mid-to-late 90s, now it's far too established by private companies. but i doubt there's a sweetspot for government involvement, which is the only plausible way you'd get free internet. if the government got more involved early on, i'm fairly certain they wouldn't have stopped at "let's use advertisements to fund it for everyone and then let everyone make whatever websites they want," it would've been very restrictive and nothing like the internet we have today <cite>dbf50 posted [p:901868231] in Is there a... [t:76636684]...</cite> <quote>well i'd imagine now that it's far too late, if internet were to be free the infrastructure would've had to been set up in the mid-to-late 90s, now it's far too established by private companies. but i doubt there's a sweetspot for government involvement, which is the only plausible way you'd get free internet. if the government got more involved early on, i'm fairly certain they wouldn't have stopped at "let's use advertisements to fund it for everyone and then let everyone make whatever websites they want," it would've been very restrictive and nothing like the internet we have today</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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