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So the internet wasn't under this ruling until the other day and now it is being treated just like the following:
"Until the 1980s in the United States, the term "telephone company" was synonymous with American Telephone & Telegraph. AT&T controlled nearly all aspects of the telephone business. Its regional subsidiaries, known as "Baby Bells," were regulated monopolies, holding exclusive rights to operate in specific areas. The Federal Communications Commission regulated rates on long-distance calls between states, while state regulators had to approve rates for local and in-state long-distance calls.
Government regulation was justified on the theory that telephone companies, like electric utilities, were natural monopolies. Competition, which was assumed to require stringing multiple wires across the countryside, was seen as wasteful and inefficient. That thinking changed beginning around the 1970s, as sweeping technological developments promised rapid advances in telecommunications. Independent companies asserted that they could, indeed, compete with AT&T. But they said the telephone monopoly effectively shut them out by refusing to allow them to interconnect with its massive network."
Deregulating Telecommunications
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If this rule is so good, why did the FCC deregulate AT&T?
ATT wasn't dregulated. It was broken up. And that occurred partially because the technology had advanced that made it possible to allow other industries to compete over the same medium, and partially because of anti-trust lawsuits that ultimately ended in the Supreme Court. But what does that have to do with the net neutrality regulations?
That's because it's illegal. Your local government granted a monopoly to one of them.
I wonder....do you tell such blatant bullshit lies because you're that audacious, or because you're that stupid?
I simply note the facts, dumbass. I lived in Denver when the city council granted a monopoly to one of the cable providers. The cable companies were falling all over each other attempting to bribe the council members. One cable company actually publicly offered to give each council member a certain number of shares of company stock. They had a press conference to announce they were offering to bribe the city council!
That's how your local cable company became a government protected monopoly.
Uh, no, that's how your cable company became a government protected monopoly.
Except, wait a second.....This just in, it's not a local monopoly. A quick google search produces different companies who both offer cable TV services in Denver.
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Cable Denver - Cable TV Internet Phone Providers Denver CO
On top of that DirectTV and Dish Network both offer satellite service in Denver.
That may be the case now, but it wasn't the case in 1980 when they first offered cable in the city.
So you're making arguments about shit that happening 35 years ago? I knew that you were retarded, but I didn't realize you were that slow.
They already do. ISP's want more money for what taxpayers already are paying for.
And what is it that you think "taxpayers" are paying for?
If you understand how the Internet works, you'll know that ISP's receive their Internet 'feed' from publicly funded organizations. PLUS, all ISP's have been heavily subsidized by public funds. Charging people more for service that costs ISP's NOTHING is profiteering.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Is that right...
So, Level 3, TelePacific, Verizon, et al just let ISP's attach to their backbone for free....
Oh my.
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Seeing as you've outed yourself as not knowing what you're taking about in the first place, despite your bullshit attempts to make yourself out to be some kind of expert, nothing you say has any relevance anymore. Especially if you have to go run to wikipedia to fill you in.
I outed myself did I?
ROFL
You are a shrill and stupid little troll. Satellite Internet is joke, and a bad one.
You mean they charge according to what their customers use?
Shocking!
They already do. ISP's want more money for what taxpayers already are paying for.
If you understand how the Internet works, you'll know that ISP's receive their Internet 'feed' from publicly funded organizations. PLUS, all ISP's have been heavily subsidized by public funds. Charging people more for service that costs ISP's NOTHING is profiteering.
I rather suspect it has everything to do with elitism.
People making their own purchasing decisions is elitism?
Now you are putting words in my mouth. You seem to think, based on what you've said here, that if people aren't happy with their internet service, that that is just tough shit, and they can just opt out instead of complaining about it. So yes, that is an elitist position if ever there was one.
So....are you saying they can't stop buying? That makes not sense.
Are you in the third grade, or is English a second (or third) language for you? I'm saying that too few entities have too much control over a medium that, for all intents and purposes, was built with taxpayer money. I'm saying that over the course of the time since the internet first came to be, there was an expectation by, well, pretty much everybody, that there would be MORE competition, MORE choices of providers, not LESS. Without the net neutrality regulations, that trend of more control by fewer and fewer providers would likely not only continue, it would accelerate.
Do you actually believe you and your fellow drones are not engaging in partisan politics?It's simply impossible for you to leave your cartoon partisan politics out of a discussion, isn't it?Such as?
Streaming video.
The traffic on the backbone his increased about 10,000% since 2010 - that is not a typo nor an exaggeration. Yet Soros sends you drones to demand that the corporations causing this not be held accountable.
Oh please. Your right wing paranoia was cute the first time it raised its ugly head. Now it is just sad.
You are a shill for the giant corporation Netflix, working to shield them from responsibility for their acts. You don't question anything, you do as ThinkProgress tells you. But the result of your mindless acts is shilling for Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, et al. You'll demand that the taxpayer pick up the tab for expanding the backbone of the Internet to carry this load.
You may claim otherwise now, but you'll be programmed to demand corporate welfare for Netflix soon enough.
{Soros bought 98,764 shares of Netflix Inc.}
George Soros Top 5 Stock Buys of Q3 - GuruFocus.com
Well lookie there, now we know why you demand corporate welfare for Netflix...
Is it because you're incapable of holding your own in an intellectual debate?
That's my vote.
Skylar preaching Gov can do no wrong again?
The internet was not built with taxpayer money. Government toadies like you always claim that if government contributed 0.0001 % of the cost of something, then government built it. It's total bullshit. Darpa spent a few million developing a prototype network based on packet routing. That's about the limit of government involvement.
The claim of "subsidies" is, like the claim that fossil fuels are subsidized, grossly exaggerated. Just what are these so-called "subsidies?"
I haven't seen anywhere that the main argument supporting net neutrality is to teach conservatives a lesson.Do you actually believe you and your fellow drones are not engaging in partisan politics?It's simply impossible for you to leave your cartoon partisan politics out of a discussion, isn't it?Such as?
Streaming video.
The traffic on the backbone his increased about 10,000% since 2010 - that is not a typo nor an exaggeration. Yet Soros sends you drones to demand that the corporations causing this not be held accountable.
Oh please. Your right wing paranoia was cute the first time it raised its ugly head. Now it is just sad.
You are a shill for the giant corporation Netflix, working to shield them from responsibility for their acts. You don't question anything, you do as ThinkProgress tells you. But the result of your mindless acts is shilling for Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, et al. You'll demand that the taxpayer pick up the tab for expanding the backbone of the Internet to carry this load.
You may claim otherwise now, but you'll be programmed to demand corporate welfare for Netflix soon enough.
{Soros bought 98,764 shares of Netflix Inc.}
George Soros Top 5 Stock Buys of Q3 - GuruFocus.com
Well lookie there, now we know why you demand corporate welfare for Netflix...
Is it because you're incapable of holding your own in an intellectual debate?
That's my vote.
I wouldn't know. You're the one claiming it did. Please show us an accounting of any "subsidies" it received.The claim of "subsidies" is, like the claim that fossil fuels are subsidized, grossly exaggerated. Just what are these so-called "subsidies?"
Yes or no; Did Google receive government subsidies?
I haven't seen anywhere that the main argument supporting net neutrality is to teach conservatives a lesson.Do you actually believe you and your fellow drones are not engaging in partisan politics?It's simply impossible for you to leave your cartoon partisan politics out of a discussion, isn't it?Such as?
Streaming video.
The traffic on the backbone his increased about 10,000% since 2010 - that is not a typo nor an exaggeration. Yet Soros sends you drones to demand that the corporations causing this not be held accountable.
Oh please. Your right wing paranoia was cute the first time it raised its ugly head. Now it is just sad.
You are a shill for the giant corporation Netflix, working to shield them from responsibility for their acts. You don't question anything, you do as ThinkProgress tells you. But the result of your mindless acts is shilling for Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, et al. You'll demand that the taxpayer pick up the tab for expanding the backbone of the Internet to carry this load.
You may claim otherwise now, but you'll be programmed to demand corporate welfare for Netflix soon enough.
{Soros bought 98,764 shares of Netflix Inc.}
George Soros Top 5 Stock Buys of Q3 - GuruFocus.com
Well lookie there, now we know why you demand corporate welfare for Netflix...
Is it because you're incapable of holding your own in an intellectual debate?
That's my vote.
Obviously a number of corporations lost the right to control their pricing and service model. All their customers lost the right to receive service based on those models.Skylar preaching Gov can do no wrong again?
I'm still waiting for you to tell me what freedoms you lost due to the FCC's recent ruling on Net Neutrality.
And you still can't .
Isn't that a definition of partisan politics?I haven't seen anywhere that the main argument supporting net neutrality is to teach conservatives a lesson.Do you actually believe you and your fellow drones are not engaging in partisan politics?It's simply impossible for you to leave your cartoon partisan politics out of a discussion, isn't it?Such as?
Streaming video.
The traffic on the backbone his increased about 10,000% since 2010 - that is not a typo nor an exaggeration. Yet Soros sends you drones to demand that the corporations causing this not be held accountable.
Oh please. Your right wing paranoia was cute the first time it raised its ugly head. Now it is just sad.
You are a shill for the giant corporation Netflix, working to shield them from responsibility for their acts. You don't question anything, you do as ThinkProgress tells you. But the result of your mindless acts is shilling for Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, et al. You'll demand that the taxpayer pick up the tab for expanding the backbone of the Internet to carry this load.
You may claim otherwise now, but you'll be programmed to demand corporate welfare for Netflix soon enough.
{Soros bought 98,764 shares of Netflix Inc.}
George Soros Top 5 Stock Buys of Q3 - GuruFocus.com
Well lookie there, now we know why you demand corporate welfare for Netflix...
Is it because you're incapable of holding your own in an intellectual debate?
That's my vote.
How would that claim, if were true, prove you aren't engaging in partisan politics?
They already do. ISP's want more money for what taxpayers already are paying for.
And what is it that you think "taxpayers" are paying for?
If you understand how the Internet works, you'll know that ISP's receive their Internet 'feed' from publicly funded organizations. PLUS, all ISP's have been heavily subsidized by public funds. Charging people more for service that costs ISP's NOTHING is profiteering.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Is that right...
So, Level 3, TelePacific, Verizon, et al just let ISP's attach to their backbone for free....
Oh my.
ALL originator hubs except for Sunnyvale, ca (Google) are publicly funded.
Google is heavily subsidized. Google s Billions In Internet Subsidies... -SVW
TelePacific and Verizon receive hub-flow for free.
The internet was not built with taxpayer money. Government toadies like you always claim that if government contributed 0.0001 % of the cost of something, then government built it. It's total bullshit. Darpa spent a few million developing a prototype network based on packet routing. That's about the limit of government involvement.
The entire Internet sub-frame is completely government built or subsidized.
DARPA is government.
As depressing as it is to contemplate, we should acknowledge the possibility that it simply doesn't make economic sense for private firms to build new fiber networks without taxpayer subsidies. This is especially likely for new entrants, like Google, who would be building networks from scratch in towns that already have a couple of incumbent players.
The above has been possible because of the adoption across the country of fiber optics technology which has not only brought the internet to more customers,
it has also brought broadband to millions. So it should not come as a surprise in the least to anyone that we have seen such an increase. It was expected, bubba. The increase is, in fact, what paid for the expansion. So let's see the data that shows this strain on the backbone. As in how many hours of downtime has occurred across the web since 2010 purely as a result of streaming video.
Obviously, you are having some sort of breakdown. Take a pill, pal before you go into full out meltdown.
