FCC's Net Neutrality Rules One Step Closer to Reality
Down with throttling and tiered data!
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Extending the concept of net neutrality to current capped plans with overage charges, it really shouldn't matter how you use the limited amount of data you pay for, so allowing tethering or mobile hotspot at no additional cost would be in agreement with full net neutrality. However, we aren't likely to see that anytime soon, as Verizon wireless is quite vocal about its opposition to net neutrality.
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Moreover, they need to research and read to know what impacts a price plan change or equipment upgrade will have on their data allowance and bottom line cost to operate based on a realistic typical months useage.
**** DO NOT SIMPLY TAKE THE SALESPERSON'S WORD FOR IT. WHAT YOU SIGN SUPERCEDES WHATEVER WAS DISCUSSED AND IT'S NOW YOUR PROBLEM ****
moreover, in MOST cases if you willingly make a plan change that causes a plan or feature like unlimited data to be removed YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET IT BACK! Even if you return the equipment go back to your old device stomp your feet throw a tantru...
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Net Neutrality is like the government declaring that no matter how big your package, no matter how much it weighs, the Post Office has to charge everyone the exact same price for sending mail. That sending a post card one block and sending a grand piano 6,000 miles across country have to cost exactly the same.
That's stupid and ridiculous, and the result of trying to enforce such a stupid rule will be higher prices and crappier service for everyone...
T Bone said:
Some websites are more demanding of the network than others....it is only fair that people be charged more doing things which use more data.
Net Neutrality is like the government declaring that no matter how big your package, no matter how much it weighs, the Post Office has to charge everyone the exact same price for sending mail. That sending a post card one block and sending a grand piano 6,000 miles across country have to cost exactly the same.
This analogy is highly flawed. What makes you think that sending a packet to one website over another guarantees that it will be larger? Also, what makes you think that it costs more to send a packet to one computer over another?
Let's use yo...
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T Bone said:It seems like you've forgotten that websites ALREADY pay for their network bandwidth based on usage. Big users such as Netflix and Youtube ALREADY pay huge amounts for every byte they send out, in proportion to how much they send out.
Some websites are more demanding of the network than others....it is only fair that people be charged more doing things which use more data...
Net neutrality is about making sure that if Netflix uses 10x more data than others, that they only pay 10x more, not 1000x more, and that net providers can't single out Netflix and squeeze them just because they can... all must be treated equally.n... all must be treated equally.
If that worked, why not have the government pass a law saying that everyone gets unlimited, an unlimited bank account, and an unlimited life span?
Here's an idea, let's have the government give everyone everlasting life by passing a law making it illegal for anyone to die.
Instant utopia: just add government regulation.
T Bone said:
And even if it did, so what? The government cannot simply pass a law declaring that a finite resource is now infinite.
I do agree with this. Net Neutrality isn't about giving users unlimited data at an unlimited speed. It is about treating packets equally. Sending packet A to computer A should be treated equally to sending packet B to computer B.
Throttling speeds should not be illegal if it isn't discriminating against one service over another. A good example is this:
Illegal:
- You have a 4Mbps connection.
- You consume 2GB of data watching YouTube videos in a matter of 1 week.
- Carrier (ISP) throttles your connection speed to 1Mbps for YouTube and allows you to watch their own...
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