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I think the competition claim is a mixed bag. The huge monopolies that develop out of a hands off approach to the markets are just as stifling as too much federal regulation. The sweet spot is somewhere in the middle.GO TRUMP GO!
ERASE THE OBAMA ERA!!
FCC regulators overturn controversial net neutrality rules | Daily Mail Online
You only have to look at the mental MIDGETS name their bills and programs. And then COMPLETELY reverse the meaning of it -- "to find out what's in it".. Like the Affordable Care Act or the PATRIOT act or Net Neutrality..
It works every time. So it's actually a Net Regulations act.. Not neutrality. And it more govt/corporate collusion to pick the WINNERS and the LOSERS in a marketplace.
In what way would you say the Internet has been regulated? Have you noticed any difference?
Also are you willing to trust all these Big Corporations that they are not going to begin discriminating against certain websites if some SJW CEO decides that x website upsets his Bedwetting feelings? Look at how Google now is, most who work at Google are SJW, same with YouTube, both blocking access to certain websites and videos because THEY have decided the websites are not Politically Correct.
So do you want the WHOLE Internet operating like Google and YouTube? Also as I already commented there is also nothing stopping Internet Service Providers from adding extra or even extortionate charges.
The thing that prevents extortionist charges is competition. Google does not want to deal with ATT or the cable companies -- they LAY their OWN FIBER !!! THAT improves the internet. Otherwise you're MAINTAINING the status quo of the trunk carriers. And nothing gets built. Because building a new distribution path has no value.
Net neutrality does not YET make content judgements. Only bandwidth judgements. I hate Google. I UN-GOOGLE my life as much as possible. But people demanding FREE ACCESS to your distribution investment is counter to every free market concept. What's next? Demanding the Cable companies carry every podunk network or TV channel for free?
Unfortunately I think the old "too much government in our lives" arguments are going to be s thing of the past. Our views, decisions, lives, politics are increasingly influenced by a handful of mega corporations lime Google that are accountsble to shareholders only. Wether it is media giants or tech giants....they tell us what to read, what is important, what to buy, what value and how to vote. And their money is hidden on every adpect of our political system.
I dont know what the loss of internet neutrality will really mean, i dont think anyone does. One side views uses it as a childesh attempt at eradication of all things Obama ehike the other runs around yelling "the sky is falling."
But one thing I do think is thst with the increasing consolodation of providers onto fewer and fewer entities...innovation through competition or increased competition seems unlikely.