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Single provider entities in a community is about as free market as it gets
Quote from: wetwillie on December 15, 2017, 02:55:43 PMSingle provider entities in a community is about as free market as it getsNo sure if serious, but it absolutely is what free market gets you. It’s just that most folks aren’t actually comfortable with a completely free market society which is why we have anti-monopoly laws and used to have net neutrality.
Quote from: catastrophe on December 15, 2017, 09:36:53 PMQuote from: wetwillie on December 15, 2017, 02:55:43 PMSingle provider entities in a community is about as free market as it getsNo sure if serious, but it absolutely is what free market gets you. It’s just that most folks aren’t actually comfortable with a completely free market society which is why we have anti-monopoly laws and used to have net neutrality.shut up asshat no one likes you
Maybe FSD will grow out of his adolescent stage one day and bring more to the discussion than libtard and fucktard. Highly doubtful considering he’s a giant dumbass but we can dream guys.
The giant Reese's mug at the end was a nice touch.But I feel that I have to make the obvious counterpoint: fast food restaurants like Burger King are currently allowed to do what Burger King did in that commercial. However, none of them do because it pisses people off. You could easily make the same argument for ISPs in a free market.My biggest issue with Net Neutrality is that if completely repealed the ISPs do not have to tell you what they are throttling and/or censoring, which can affect people and businesses without their even knowing it.
Quote from: catastrophe on January 25, 2018, 10:47:06 AMThe giant Reese's mug at the end was a nice touch.But I feel that I have to make the obvious counterpoint: fast food restaurants like Burger King are currently allowed to do what Burger King did in that commercial. However, none of them do because it pisses people off. You could easily make the same argument for ISPs in a free market.My biggest issue with Net Neutrality is that if completely repealed the ISPs do not have to tell you what they are throttling and/or censoring, which can affect people and businesses without their even knowing it.Burger King doesn't do that because people would just go to some other fast food restaurant to get cheap shitty food instead. A lot of people don't have many options for high speed internet.
Quote from: Rage Against the McKee on January 25, 2018, 10:54:09 AMQuote from: catastrophe on January 25, 2018, 10:47:06 AMThe giant Reese's mug at the end was a nice touch.But I feel that I have to make the obvious counterpoint: fast food restaurants like Burger King are currently allowed to do what Burger King did in that commercial. However, none of them do because it pisses people off. You could easily make the same argument for ISPs in a free market.My biggest issue with Net Neutrality is that if completely repealed the ISPs do not have to tell you what they are throttling and/or censoring, which can affect people and businesses without their even knowing it.Burger King doesn't do that because people would just go to some other fast food restaurant to get cheap shitty food instead. A lot of people don't have many options for high speed internet.So should the government add a crap ton of regulations so ISPs are regulated like water or electric companies, or should it remove regulations so that ISPs function like fast food restaurants? I don't think there is a clear answer (I'm personally in favor of the former). I cannot necessarily fault people who believe the second option is the better choice. Repealing net neutrality is obviously a part of that policy.