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Fox News says killing N.N. will save the internet
Tactical Nuke:
--- Quote from: Mr Queeba on December 17, 2017, 10:29:03 AM ---anonymous just investigateed ajit pai holy forget
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could you possibly make your case worse for yourself
Headcrab Zombie:
--- Quote from: Kearn on December 17, 2017, 02:24:22 AM ---what is a service provider supposed to do in areas with old or lower-capacity infrastructure? i (and a number of other people i know) live in an area with older infrastructure that is incapable of handling peak demand in the evenings and on weekends. it only started becoming an issue a few years ago when a number of our neighbors started using netflix, and that's been the case for other people i've asked
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This is exactly why you should support NN: All businesses want to continuously increase revenue. One of the main ways to do this is by increasing your customer base. But what incentive do ISPs have to invest in expanding infrastructure to reach more people, if we're going to instead allow them to just wring more and more money out of the same infrastructure they already have?
If you don't think ISPs have the money to invest is infrastructure, then address the numerous people making claims to the contrary:
--- Quote from: Frankie² on December 17, 2017, 09:26:06 AM ---Isn’t that why I pay an internet bill every month?
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--- Quote from: IkeTheGeneric on December 17, 2017, 02:07:18 AM ---Man that would be a great retort if ISPs weren't actively wasting subsidies given to them to specifically expand infrastructure...
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--- Quote from: Ipquarx on December 17, 2017, 11:26:00 AM ---the government literally did that and they didn't do stuff
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--- Quote from: HellHound on December 17, 2017, 11:56:28 AM ---iirc, comcast and time warner have a profit margin of like 90%. the idea that they cannot afford to create new infrastructure is absurd
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--- Quote from: Kearn on December 17, 2017, 01:51:52 AM ---big companies using absurd amounts of bandwidth and flooring everyone else with the ISPs unable to do anything to ensure everything else is able to function in resource-limited situations
netflix and youtube alone were already well over 50% combined in 2015, can't imagine that's improved
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Millions of people accessing Netflix and Youtube means that millions of people are subscribing to internet service plans, and thus paying ISPs, in order to gain this access
IkeTheGeneric:
--- Quote from: Deus Ex on December 17, 2017, 10:30:03 AM ---wow it's almost like giving private corporations money from the government is a bad loving idea huh wowziers
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It's almost as if you're missing the point and you're an idiot
Ceist:
I want to make a point along how much money ISP's have to increase infrastructure.
I live in a rural community of only 10,000 people. Almost every single block of my town is outfitted with fiber optics. Even farm houses out in the country have fiber optics and high speed internet. To say that removing NN will give ISP's the funds to accommodate everyone with modern high-speed internet is ignorant.
Deus Ex:
--- Quote from: IkeTheGeneric on December 17, 2017, 04:44:04 PM ---It's almost as if you're missing the point and you're an idiot
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It's almost like giving money to private entities from the government is loving handicapped