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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
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:
That is the exact argument net neutrality advocates have been making. Nonetheless, we'll see how this plays out over the years.
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It's not confusing... Right now an ISP couldn't just come out and block porn, they can't do it now, and they couldn't do it afterwards.
The difference is, if you open an ISP and say it's for Christians now, you will get into trouble if you regulate. Under the possible laws, as long as you spell out your services and what you limit, you can do whatever the fuck you want.
Understand that - it's no different than what we have no, zero difference.. other than regulations get put in place. Free market is controlling it now and it's working just fine. Your business is in ZERO danger, other than the story you made up in your head.
What the telcos can't do is regulate the pipes to the people. So some regulation at some point, might be needed. But they can and already do regulate them to Companies, and you have way more than 2 selections. We are talking backbones, your entire city has more than 2 coming in. Otherwise, it's personal - and again, nothing needs to be regulated at this time.
So going for net neutrality, means you are okay with the Gov telling Companies what they can and can't do, when those Companies haven't done anything wrong. It means giving the power to the FCC to regulate the people, which is totally stupid. Just because one or two "try" new things - isn't doing anything wrong.