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Originally Posted by TheDoc
As I said, net neutrality is bad. Just because a few people want to select a few good things about it and focus on that, doesn't make it good overall and will not get my support. I don't care what the "idea" behind it is, the fact is it's being used as a non-neutral tool by both sides.
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That's fine. There are a lot of anti-regulation people out there. I respect that opinion completely. In some cases, I'm against regulation too. For my business though, I feel safer not having to pray that the telcos will allow me to reach their customers. We just differ on what we feel net neutrality will accomplish. Your opinion is in the minority of website operators though on this issue.
What I was confused on is your earlier response:
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Originally Posted by TheDoc
So, if a Christian ISP said they didn't like porn, they could block it and you would be fucked.
It also means the chance that different qualities of service, could regulate who you could talk/chat or contact online. So if I have a higher end personal package and someone has a regulated package, we may not be able to communicate without the lower end person paying a fee.
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That is the exact argument net neutrality advocates have been making. Nonetheless, we'll see how this plays out over the years.