The Tragic Death of Net Neutrality - Page 12 - Politics and Economics

If Trump totally ****s up the internet (any worse than it already is) does that mean he expects we're through with elections?

I know olds don't use that internet as much, but you know, up through 50 year olds and even older it's still pretty important and below a certain age something like 100% of people will be pissed.

01-25-2017 , 10:52 AM

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I'm sure everyone will love the new internet when trump tells them that it's great they're paying triple what they used to for vastly less access. Don't go over your data cap or you'll be thrown in your local AT&T for-profit prison!

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01-25-2017 , 02:03 PM

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suzzer99

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They'll just blame the ISPs.

Also one of the big arguments against ending Net Neutrality is that it will stifle innovation. So you'll never know what new Netflix's might have come into being.

It's basically like how a few giant companies had a hammerlock on all beer production until Jimmy Carter signed a law paving the way for microbreweries.

01-26-2017 , 12:32 AM

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To put it in terms a trumpkin might understand:

Killing net neutrality will delay streaming 3-d VR porn!

11-20-2017 , 09:24 PM

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11-20-2017 , 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Namath12

**** me

Welp, RIP internet as we know it

How much for the 2+2 forum package?

11-21-2017 , 04:21 AM

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$29.95

11-21-2017 , 11:09 AM

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Believe it or not we have Obama to blame for this ****stick. Obama appointed him back when he still naively believed he could work with Mitch McConnell.

He'd probably be FCC chairman now anyway but he never should have been there before now.

11-21-2017 , 01:06 PM

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So just to be clear, this administration is doing these three things simultaneously:

1. Allowing Sinclair Media Group to buy the Tribune Company, further consolidating media under fewer owners & less competition

2. Giving an industry comprised of a bunch of local monopolies even more power by eliminating net neutrality

3. Suing to block the AT&T/Time Warner merger because it will result in not enough competition

11-21-2017 , 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Namath12

They are only doing #3 so that CNN gets sold to Sinclair and turned into Trumpaganda.

11-21-2017 , 01:14 PM

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I believe Sinclair focuses on local TV stations, if they're in the market for CNN I haven't heard about it. I suppose it's possible.

Rupert Murdoch definitely wants CNN.

11-21-2017 , 01:20 PM

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And you can bet your ass that this DOJ would have NO PROBLEM AT ALL with Murdoch owning (the) two (largest) of the three major cable news networks

11-21-2017 , 02:24 PM

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Everything I've read said Obama was for Net Neutrality and fought against its repeal a ton of times. So what gives?

11-21-2017 , 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by StimAbuser

Everything I've read said Obama was for Net Neutrality and fought against its repeal a ton of times. So what gives?

That is true.

Again, he was an Obama appointee upon recommendation from Mitch McConnell because he lol thought he could work across the aisle with Mitch McConnell.

11-21-2017 , 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Namath12

That is true.

Again, he was an Obama appointee upon recommendation from Mitch McConnell because he lol thought he could work across the aisle with Mitch McConnell.

Was he trying this stuff back then? Or just kinda bidding his time?

11-21-2017 , 02:35 PM

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afaik he's always been an advocate for ending net neutrality

He worked for Verizon ffs

(His term expired in 2016 until Trump necroed him and then elevated him to Chairman)

11-21-2017 , 02:37 PM

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I wonder which states will protect consumers. I don't think FL will.

11-21-2017 , 02:38 PM

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Well that's odd from Obama and doesn't make that much sense. Huge supporter of Net Neutrality and he appoints a guy who wants to end it to try and be bipartisan?

Did he know the senate would easily vote it down so figured it was a meaningless gesture to try and work across the aisle?

I think regardless of Obama's actions, Trump appoints someone to play ball so I wouldn't really place the blame on him, but it is still a puzzling move by him that sends a bad message.

11-21-2017 , 02:46 PM

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It's more of a lolObama for believing showing good faith to the R's would help him and congress working on issues easier. It makes sense. Just wasn't a great use of his wisdom.

11-21-2017 , 02:56 PM

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Was he trying this stuff back then? Or just kinda bidding his time?

Yeah, he, a former Verizon employee, has been advocating for 'light touch regulation' (lol) since 2015. He exists to deregulate everything as much as he can for personal gain.

11-21-2017 , 03:03 PM

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Okay so I guess FCC is generally bi-partisan and Repubs and Dems alike always get a few of theirs on the panel, but the majority represents the party of the WH. There are Dems on the panel now, for example. Idgit Pie was one of the Repub's guys. It's now 3-2 in favor of the Repubs who control the WH obviously. So it's always somewhat "bi-partisan" in the same way that the Supreme Court is "bi-partisan."

11-21-2017 , 03:05 PM

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Yeah, he, a former Verizon employee, has been advocating for 'light touch regulation' (lol) since 2015. He exists to deregulate everything as much as he can for personal gain.

He's one of those Univ. of Chicago 'Law & Economics' idiots, google that up if you're interested in reading more about their awfulness. (Spoiler: it's like if John Birch knew enough about economics to make him dangerous)

Also I just read that there were a record 15 million public comments on this issue, and he just went ahead and ignored the hell out of those and is doing what he intended to do all along.

11-21-2017 , 03:16 PM

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Well that's odd from Obama and doesn't make that much sense. Huge supporter of Net Neutrality and he appoints a guy who wants to end it to try and be bipartisan?

We're going to look back poorly on a lot of Obama attempting to work across the aisle. He tried pretending he was working with other, well-intentioned adults and it got us Trump.

11-21-2017 , 03:40 PM

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Obama literally had to appoint a Republican. By rule, you can only have 3 commissioners from one party. And the tradition is to let the minority party pick the other 2 commissioners.

11-21-2017 , 04:00 PM

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Obama literally had to appoint a Republican. By rule, you can only have 3 commissioners from one party. And the tradition is to let the minority party pick the other 2 commissioners.

Further reading has confirmed this.

An earlier article I read made it sound like he was doing Mitch a favor by putting his boy on the commission.

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