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Comcast is focused on 20th Century Fox ** -- Hoogle.com 11/22/2017 5:46PM I've heard that Comcast cable boxes are crazy insecure. ** -- ConnHoo 11/22/2017 11:29AM Makes me so happy that we're doing away with Net Neutrality -- Beerman 11/22/2017 11:15AM The objection to the ATT/Time Warner merger makes more -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 11:49AM I agree. Vertical mergers weren't as concerning under the old regulatory -- HoozOnTop 11/22/2017 1:24PM Did Net Neutrality improve speeds, prevent throttling, improve competition, -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 11:40AM It will be interesting... broadband in this country has been a growth -- Capital City Hoo 11/22/2017 2:18PM "broadband is very highly penetrated" say what? -- Faz d. Hoo 11/22/2017 3:14PM Highly penetrated and highly competitive are 2 different things -- Capital City Hoo 11/22/2017 3:31PM No because they haven't been aggressive in enforcing the damn rules -- Faz d. Hoo 11/22/2017 12:16PM I believe that was the point of those rules. To keep it how it was. -- THECZAR 11/22/2017 11:47AM My point is that there wasn't a major change from before -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 11:50AM Becausde the rules just protected how it had always been -- 111Balz 11/22/2017 10:22PM The rules protected how it was before the rules were needed. -- Hokie5150 11/23/2017 05:42AM Hasn't our use of the Internet changed greatly just in the past two years? -- Fuzzy Dunlop 11/22/2017 1:22PM Maybe because the telecoms DON'T own the frequencies that they are allocate -- Hooooooooooooooo 11/22/2017 12:20PM Uh, what are you suggesting there? -- Faz d. Hoo 11/22/2017 1:00PM Because you didn't have a world where AT&T owned -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 11:59AM It should be treated like a utility -- Fuzzy Dunlop 11/22/2017 1:44PM Facilities-based ISPs have spent billions on infrastructure -- Capital City Hoo 11/22/2017 2:13PM Spot on. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 11/22/2017 12:06PM There shouldn't have been a major change -- Beerman 11/22/2017 11:55AM So, are you suggesting that it was neutral without the governmental -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 11:59AM You should go back and read about what happened. -- 111Balz 11/22/2017 10:24PM See my post above... probably not entirely necessary in the past -- Capital City Hoo 11/22/2017 3:44PM It's humorous that you are concerned about governmental regulations for a -- Seattle .Hoo 11/22/2017 12:14PM ... this is another in the long list of areas where Libertarian ..." -- HowieT3 11/22/2017 1:12PM Questioning the need for governmental regulation is anti-libertarian? ** -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 1:17PM Here's what's going on in Portugal -- WahooMatt05 11/22/2017 12:05PM And what prevents other providers from creating different pricing models in -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 12:17PM Call me crazy but I think you just defeated your own point. -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 12:51PM "Fine you say, I'll just go to a different ISP" What other ISP? In many -- Hoo05Dave 11/22/2017 1:27PM Why would they say that, though? If they did so, they'd start -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 12:57PM Lose them to who? I have one choice for -- BocaHoo91 11/22/2017 2:27PM There are a number of people on this board who will try to convince you -- Faz d. Hoo 11/22/2017 6:01PM The point is, every ISP would be able to limit access to content -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 2:19PM ISPs wouldn't say it. They'd simply do it. And customers would be left conf -- Hoo05Dave 11/22/2017 1:35PM And when frustrated enough, they'd go elsewhere. Do you require government -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 1:39PM Go where? ** -- 111Balz 11/22/2017 10:25PM That's a terrific solution in a market that's actually free -- Beerman 11/22/2017 1:46PM Enough people drop Comcast and one of two things will happen. -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 1:48PM If it's Comcast or pound sand hiw -- BocaHoo91 11/22/2017 2:33PM In many markets there are already regulations preventing -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 2:20PM Not being familiar with those deals ... how does this happen? I assume a -- CharlestonSC 11/22/2017 10:04PM Here's an example of AT&T doing their damndest to block Google Gbit fiber -- Hoo05Dave 11/23/2017 12:56AM Seems to me that regulation is the culprit here rather than -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 2:22PM Remove all the utility-like regulations on market access by -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 2:33PM That is certainly one way of looking at. Another way, though, is -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 2:44PM That is not the issue at hand. ** -- 111Balz 11/22/2017 10:27PM I'd have a big problem with ISPs blocking content unilaterally that isn't -- Hoo05Dave 11/22/2017 3:36PM Honestly, probably not. Who makes that call? -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 3:29PM I'm definitely not in favor of government censorship. It gets a bit -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 3:35PM I disagree with that interpretation of Net Neutrality. -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 3:47PM Why must one be agnostic to the content in order to provide a service? -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 4:00PM If that ISP were one of 20 broadband providers in a market, I wouldn't. -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 6:06PM There's another way. Be like Chattanooga and make the internet a public -- Seattle .Hoo 11/22/2017 3:17PM For many, there isn't anywhere else to go because ISPs have used regulators -- Hoo05Dave 11/22/2017 1:43PM So, we want more regulations to prevent problems created by -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 1:47PM As I've stated many times before, the best option would be for gov to knock -- Hoo05Dave 11/22/2017 2:00PM Can you explain how net neutrality gets us closer to a free market -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 2:29PM It let's the consumer choose what to access and not access. -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 3:41PM It's pretty simple. ISPs cannot exploit their (gov granted) dominant positi -- Hoo05Dave 11/22/2017 3:31PM That's right. Let all ISPs of any type compete anywhere they like. -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 2:29PM Well many markets are limited to one provider so there is no competition. ** -- Hooooooooooooooo 11/22/2017 12:23PM How many high speed internet providers are there? -- WahooMatt05 11/22/2017 12:22PM Totally Free Market, Baybeeee! ** -- HowieT3 11/22/2017 11:37AM Here's an example from Portugal showing how it might play out. I was -- Seattle .Hoo 11/22/2017 11:42AM Can't we simply look at the US prior to 2015 to see how it might play out? ** -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 11:55AM Nothing changed in 2015 ** -- 111Balz 11/22/2017 10:28PM The net neutrality rules went into effect June 12, 2015. ** -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 10:59PM And you don't know why, nor do you care. You are going to ride -- 111Balz 11/23/2017 08:49AM Says the man who claimed nothing changed... ** -- Hokie5150 11/23/2017 3:23PM That just reinforced my post. You know nothing about this ** -- 111Balz 11/23/2017 11:34PM When were net neutrality rules put into place? Why were all the -- Hokie5150 11/24/2017 08:22AM As usual you ask the wrong questions and refuse to educate yourself ** -- 111Balz 11/24/2017 09:19AM As usual, you never answer direct questions. ** -- Hokie5150 11/24/2017 09:59AM Stay stupid, my friend ** -- 111Balz 11/24/2017 10:34AM Stay evasive, my friend. ** -- Hokie5150 11/24/2017 10:36AM This is like the AOL question asked yesterday. This is an evolving, and -- Seattle .Hoo 11/22/2017 12:03PM No. Things are quite different and are continuing to change. -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 12:02PM Shoudn't we wait until this starts to become a problem to -- RML Hoos 11/22/2017 12:15PM No. Because then it will be too late. You can't unring a bell. -- HowieT3 11/22/2017 12:51PM I'm consistently amazed -- Fuzzy Dunlop 11/22/2017 1:46PM If you could show me a world where all markets have at least -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 2:41PM I would be more inclined to agree with that if all ISPs -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 12:33PM No we shouldn't. Tell me; how many ISP choices do you have in your market? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 11/22/2017 12:21PM I just looked before I posted, its quite a few. -- RML Hoos 11/22/2017 12:30PM And the cable and fiber are the only ones -- wahoo138 11/22/2017 2:58PM That's largely where I am. I simply don't understand the -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 1:12PM A few things here. -- Faz d. Hoo 11/22/2017 1:05PM Absolutely correct. They are not equivalent. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 11/22/2017 3:14PM Does governmental regulation actually promote "free and fair competition"? -- Hokie5150 11/22/2017 12:15PM I'm just thinking about this. -- hoolstoptheheels 11/22/2017 12:37PM