Net neutrality

**Dist. Expert 26** · 12-14-17, 16:23

I saw on social media that the FCC has sent Net Neutrality to Congress, and if they pass it Trump gets the deciding vote.

Is this worth getting wound up over?

**Dionysusigma** · 12-14-17, 16:55

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**Doc Safari** · 12-14-17, 16:57

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**TAZ** · 12-14-17, 16:58

Depends on whether you think government should be involved in regulating internet content. I would honestly rather have it in the hands of Congress than some unelected regulators if I had to choose between the 2 evils.

I’d rather let the market decide and instead on regulating, Congress figures out a way to increase ISP competition so consumers can choose. Not sure how that can happen when infrastructure expenditures are accounted in the billions.

**Firefly** · 12-14-17, 17:13

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**Dist. Expert 26** · 12-14-17, 17:13

Originally Posted by TAZ

Depends on whether you think government should be involved in regulating internet content. I would honestly rather have it in the hands of Congress than some unelected regulators if I had to choose between the 2 evils.

I’d rather let the market decide and instead on regulating, Congress figures out a way to increase ISP competition so consumers can choose. Not sure how that can happen when infrastructure expenditures are accounted in the billions.

I don't think .gov should have anything to do with the internet. At all. Government interference has never, ever, made things better.

**OH58D** · 12-14-17, 17:32

I always get concerned when the government proposes something that's "Neutral", "Common", Equal" or "Fair".

Just consider Common Core, where high grades are lowered for some, and lower grades get increased for others. I recall something from the past called The Fairness Doctrine and equal time requirements for broadcasters.

For the web, I kind of like the Wild West appeal to it. A wide open place of pure hell or great ecstasy, ignorance or knowledge. I personally should have started my own version of Facebook®. I would have called it: InYourFacebook®, a hell-hole of non-stop written and visual attacks; the MMA or Thunderdome of Social Media. It might have been fun...

**FromMyColdDeadHand** · 12-14-17, 17:50

Net Neutrality sounds so good. Calling it Public Bathroom Internet is more akin to what it really is. Bandwith becomes something that is wide open to whoever wants to piss and crap all over it and you get left with the mess. Neither side is perfect, but to say that being against Net Neutrality is evil isn't really helping things. Mark Cuban is against it, not a died in the wool theocrat conservative.

**Dionysusigma** · 12-14-17, 17:50

Originally Posted by OH58D

For the web, I kind of like the Wild West appeal to it. A wide open place of pure hell or great ecstasy, ignorance or knowledge. I personally should have started my own version of Facebook®. I would have called it: InYourFacebook®, a hell-hole of non-stop written and visual attacks; the MMA or Thunderdome of Social Media. It might have been fun...

That's called 4chan.org

Originally Posted by FromMyColdDeadHand

Net Neutrality sounds so good. Calling it Public Bathroom Internet is more akin to what it really is. Bandwi(d)th becomes something that is wide open to whoever wants to piss and crap all over it and you get left with the mess. Neither side is perfect, but to say that being against Net Neutrality is evil isn't really helping things. Mark Cuban is against it, not a died in the wool theocrat conservative.

Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech

And I'm not really grasping your explanation. "being against Net Neutrality is evil isn't really helping things." Clarify?