F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules... Thanks Trump.

Trump is a dumbfuck whore. Just a slutty little prostitute selling his gaping butthole.
 
We're boned.

But if you had to know somewhere in your mind that this was going to happen with a "pro business" (which means screw you little guy) Administration.
 
HunterSdVa29 said:
a question I have about this...

if companies then choose to throttle their speeds, or charge more for certain services or whatever....

why wouldn't competition still apply? would not the company that doesn't resort to those things intice more customers?

you know, like the cell phone market and the unlimited plans? Verizon doesn't have the total dominance it used to.....
edit: I realize that if you live in a rural locale (as I do) that you could be screwed either way due to lack of competition already
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Time Warner cable, and Comcast have an informal agreement to stay out of each other's biggest markets.
 
HunterSdVa29 said:
oh I'm not arguing FOR it, i'm just wondering if it will be as BAD as others are implying

that's all

I live in the middle of nowhere, w/ 1 internet provider (well for cable, we have one for DSL for the satellite people too) which is TWC/Spectrum. As of now, their services are great, so I hope it doesn't change
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I think you're boned bud.

They'll be able to price different packages based on their whims. I think you'd be in a better spot with more than one provider in your area.
 
HunterSdVa29 said:
oh I'm not arguing FOR it, i'm just wondering if it will be as BAD as others are implying

that's all

I live in the middle of nowhere, w/ 1 internet provider (well for cable, we have one for DSL for the satellite people too) which is TWC/Spectrum. As of now, their services are great, so I hope it doesn't change
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I had TWC before they were bought out by Spectrum. When I move (which is soon) I am going to have to change my internet plan since the one I currently have is no longer offered. Once Spectrum bought out TWC they stopped offering the 200mbps package. I'll now have to buy a internet package that's half as fast but nearly the same price. This will not get better with Net Neutrality gone.
 
HomerThompson said:
Time Warner cable, and Comcast have an informal agreement to stay out of each other's biggest markets.
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while true....

they also paid a record sum for any cable company for the local broadcasting rights for Lakers games (180M+ per year), a huge mistake given how the ratings and things w/ ESPN/NBATv/TNT are going. They're going to have to recoup that money somehow
 
CubicleGangster said:
I had TWC before they were bought out by Spectrum. When I move (which is soon) I am going to have to change my internet plan since the one I currently have is no longer offered. Once Spectrum bought out TWC they stopped offering the 200mbps package. I'll now have to buy a internet package that's half as fast but nearly the same price. This will not get better with Net Neutrality gone.
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crazy, ours was the opposite
we have no fiber optic lines laid up here yet in the Mojave Desert, so TWC topped at 50MBPS....they're adding them now, so the lowest/base internet offered by Specturm is somehow faster at 70mbps
 
No big deal just unelected officials with conflicts of interest changing major laws against the will of 80% of the country
 
HunterSdVa29 said:
while true....

they also paid a record sum for any cable company for the local broadcasting rights for Lakers games (180M+ per year), a huge mistake given how the ratings and things w/ ESPN/NBATv/TNT are going. They're going to have to recoup that money somehow
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Completely irrelevant. Why even bring that up? Just so you can continue to argue?
 
Fawlty said:
No big deal just unelected officials with conflicts of interest changing major laws against the will of 80% of the country
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DangDaGawd said:
Considering ISPs still operate in an economy of scale, I would say traditional theories of competition don't apply.
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So do say the shoes in the oft cited Business Performance Game, yet if you offer cheaper rates (despite perhaps not being able to acquire cheaper materials or labor due to lower scale of production) for your products your share of the market will generally increase inherently. Even moreso, if you aren't adding tiered rates or throttling speeds effecting the overall quality and consistency of the product. Granted, this is assuming you aren't offering such a discount as to operate at a loss
 
HomerThompson said:
Completely irrelevant. Why even bring that up? Just so you can continue to argue?
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uh what? how did you possibly construe that.....

My pt was as of now, TWC/Spectrum has never screwed me ever, and I've had them for at least 5 years now. Given this ruling today, and the fact that they are desperately losing money on their flagship sports station, I have a feeling that will assuredly change
 
HunterSdVa29 said:
crazy, ours was the opposite
we have no fiber optic lines laid up here yet in the Mojave Desert, so TWC topped at 50MBPS....they're adding them now, so the lowest/base internet offered by Specturm is somehow faster at 70mbps
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No fiber optic available here as well. TWC use to offer 50/100/200 but now Spectrum just offers only 100mbs.
 
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