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Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#1651: Jul 11th 2018 at 3:44:23 PM

Anything is legal if you have enough power, due to the foolishness of broad swathes of the American public the Republicans currently have that power.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jul 11th 2018 at 7:16:10 AM

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TroperOnAStickV2 Call me Stick from Redneck country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#1652: Jul 11th 2018 at 4:11:09 PM

The system was broken long before now, it's just that Trump and his fuckfaces put it into overdrive.

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UdtheImp from Stamford, CT (Series 2) Relationship Status: The Skitty to my Wailord
#1653: Jul 11th 2018 at 4:27:44 PM

November cannot come fast enough.

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Wariolander Since: Nov, 2017
#1654: Jul 11th 2018 at 4:57:44 PM

[up][up][up][up][up][up] Hopefully if California's Net Neutrality plan doesn't fall through again, we won't need it.

Edited by Wariolander on Jul 11th 2018 at 5:05:41 AM

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#1655: Jul 11th 2018 at 5:11:58 PM

Even if it doesn't fall through, expecting it to make a difference anywhere else is serious wishful thinking.

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Wariolander Since: Nov, 2017
#1656: Jul 11th 2018 at 5:14:17 PM

[up] I said that as I live in California, though I'm currently back at my home in Spain for vacation until later this month.

Edited by Wariolander on Jul 11th 2018 at 5:14:03 AM

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#1657: Jul 11th 2018 at 5:29:58 PM

Okay, so who's "we" then? Everyone that lives in California? What of the rest of us?

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Coleman Since: May, 2016
#1658: Jul 12th 2018 at 12:24:39 PM

I'm in Texas and technically my ISP is claiming it's on our side apparently. Bull crud.

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TroperOnAStickV2 Call me Stick from Redneck country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#1659: Jul 12th 2018 at 12:56:06 PM

Didn't fuel emission standards get implemented first in California and then spread, either through following the leader or simply because it was more practical to keep to just one standard instead of having different products for different areas?

Of course, that's a pretty different issue, but still.

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DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1660: Jul 12th 2018 at 2:45:24 PM

Yes, that is what happened. Hopefully, when people see that NN not only protects small, creative web sites, but helps keep prices down, more states will get a clue.

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TroperOnAStickV2 Call me Stick from Redneck country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#1661: Jul 12th 2018 at 3:43:13 PM

The issue becomes how much damage will be done by the time enough/sufficiently important people wake up. And again, there's the issue of (functional) regional monopolies.

EDIT: India has passed net neutrality rules that prohibit "any form of discrimination of interference" with data, with exceptions for things like remote surgery and remotely-driven vehicles.

Edited by TroperOnAStickV2 on Jul 12th 2018 at 7:38:06 AM

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Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#1662: Jul 12th 2018 at 6:47:24 PM

[up] Good for them. About that guy who wants to make net neutrality illegal, how good are his chances of doing that.

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#1663: Jul 13th 2018 at 12:01:13 AM

[up]Guess.

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OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#1664: Jul 13th 2018 at 12:20:23 AM

Great for India! Happy they got it protected.

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Wariolander Since: Nov, 2017
#1666: Jul 13th 2018 at 5:45:16 AM

[up] NVM. I was pissed off at you, Physical Stamina and the Republicans. Why does the government have a say in whether Net Neutrality is legal or not?

Edited by Wariolander on Jul 13th 2018 at 5:48:28 AM

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
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#1667: Jul 13th 2018 at 6:16:43 AM

Because...they’re the ones that make the laws?

Or are you saying that it should be a public vote?

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Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#1668: Jul 13th 2018 at 6:27:08 AM

My question wasn't actually answered.

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#1669: Jul 13th 2018 at 6:29:52 AM

I wanted you to figure it out for yourself, considering how swimmingly the elimination of net neutrality has gone thus far.

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DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1670: Jul 16th 2018 at 1:07:20 PM

What guy?

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TroperOnAStickV2 Call me Stick from Redneck country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#1671: Jul 17th 2018 at 9:22:39 AM

Colorodo Republican Mike Coffman becomes the first House Republican to support the CRA to overturn the repeal of net neutrality.

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Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#1672: Jul 17th 2018 at 9:45:06 AM

[up] It's probably for completely self-serving reasons bug we need to take what we can get.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#1673: Jul 17th 2018 at 12:47:59 PM

His alternate bill sounds pretty unhelpful and a bad kind of compromise but if he's willing to sign off on the original version in the CRA then good.

DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1674: Jul 17th 2018 at 4:00:10 PM

"The US Senate approved the CRA resolution in May, with votes from all members of the Democratic caucus and three Republican senators. While 176 House Democrats have signed the discharge petition, Coffman is the first House Republican to do so."

So, it wasnt his bill. Sounds more like a Dem thing.

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UdtheImp from Stamford, CT (Series 2) Relationship Status: The Skitty to my Wailord
#1675: Jul 17th 2018 at 4:45:02 PM

Take what we can get, I suppose. *shrugs*

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