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| Frankie²:
imagine if electricity companies charged you for powering your appliances based off what brands they were |
| beachbum111111:
--- Quote from: Frankie² on December 15, 2017, 12:29:02 AM ---imagine if electricity companies charged you for powering your appliances based off what brands they were --- End quote --- If they could they would. |
| Frankie²:
--- Quote from: beachbum111111 on December 15, 2017, 12:30:18 AM ---If they could they would. --- End quote --- good thing regulations prevent that (and the fact that the technology for that doesnt exist but thats beside the point) |
| SeventhSandwich:
--- Quote from: Frankie² on December 15, 2017, 12:29:02 AM ---imagine if electricity companies charged you for powering your appliances based off what brands they were --- End quote --- This is basically at the heart of why net neutrality has to be a thing. Some industries have to be monopolies. It is neither economically viable nor wise to create an environment where everyone, from city centers to rural towns in Appalachia, has their choice of ten highly competitive ISP firms. The fact of the matter is that ISPs should still remain monopolies for most places, but we should make rules that prevent them from exploiting their status as a natural monopoly to further their bottom line at the cost of public good. Stuff like regulating what kinds of prices they're allowed to set, and making sure that they can't price-gouge you for popular services. --- Quote from: beachbum111111 on December 15, 2017, 12:30:18 AM ---If they could they would. --- End quote --- Bingo. Hence the need for net neutrality and laws about running public utility services. |
| TristanLuigi:
--- Quote from: Frankie² on December 15, 2017, 12:29:02 AM ---imagine if electricity companies charged you for powering your appliances based off what brands they were --- End quote --- "maytag paid us a few million dollars. electricity for maytag fridges is now on sale, and costs 5 cents per kWh! in other news, other fridge brands cost 20 cents per kWh..." but wait, this would be even worse on the internet, because at least fridges aren't free speech EDIT: sorry, my example wasn't realistic. maytag fridges would go on "sale" for the same price that electricity used to be, while the normal price for fridges would be increased |
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