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You've got that right. Although at least our net neutrality laws are fairly solid, namely the European Union's Regulation on Open Internet Access... oh wait, except we're leaving the EU...
It's a different situation though, the UK ISP market is very competitive so you can basically choose the provider that suits you best, whereas my understanding of US IS Ps is that most of them have essentially made deals with the others allowing monopolisation of certain regions.
edited 24th Nov '17 8:30:17 AM by Ulysses21
Local-loop Unbundling is a common thing in the UK, yes. I don't know if Ofcom requires it, but still...
EDIT: Apparently it is a requirement from the regulator
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edited 24th Nov '17 8:35:18 AM by Deadbeatloser22
"Yup. That tasted purple."Net Neutrality doesn’t matter as much in a super-competitive market. New Zealand doesn’t have it, but if one ISP starts throttling Netflix or whatever, people will just switch to a different ISP en masse, thus removing any incentive to do that.
It’s still important, and the US definitely needs it, since the US ISP market is the least competitive market for basically anything I’ve ever seen. I’d call it a “patchwork monopoly”.
Relevant: CaptainSparklez joins the fight
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...cool...? I have no idea who that is or why his endorsement of net neutrality is especially poignant.
EDIT: I mean I guess if it lets more people in on what NN is, cool, but I have to wonder about the degree of the video's effectiveness.
Except I wasn't ninja'd.
edited 24th Nov '17 5:40:56 PM by PhysicalStamina
Do not spare the feelings of those who would not spare yours.His comment should reach more people, who might not have heard of this otherwise. I guess that's it.
EDIT: I believe the term is ninja'd. Also, he at least linked a petition.
No I was.
edited 24th Nov '17 6:12:47 PM by TroperOnAStickV2
Hopefully I'll feel confident to change my avatar off this scumbag soon. Apologies to any scumbags I insulted.Totally unrelated, but while I like progress and happiness, I dont like the word freedom so much.
Said this, yeah, if something becomes a recurrent issue and its get solved recurrently then it means that the first steps to solve it permanently have started.
Watch me destroying my countrySure, it can be repealed, but there's that thing called precedent. Which is going to make it much harder.
Well, nobody said you lot understood much about how the non-HTTP-delivered world works.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiotIt's not a matter of public opinion — cable companies are already horrifically unpopular among the general public, and virtually no one outside the industry is in favor of pulling back net neutrality rules. It's a matter of making the FCC and/or Congress actually act on public opinion instead of telecomm lobbying efforts.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.In a democracy, everything is a matter of public opinion. That said, popularity doesnt translate directly into policy. You hsve to convince people to vote on the issue first, or allow a candidates stand on the issue to influence their vote. Right now, most voters dont even know what net neutrality is, let alone base their vote on it. If you want to preserve NN, then we have to raise the public's awareness. You dont do that by remaining silent.
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.I'm not sure if this has been discussed yet, but what's going to happen to This Very Wiki if net neutrality gets repealed?
No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!edited 28th Nov '17 7:36:24 AM by TyeDyeWildebeest
No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!

Honestly it feels like at least the Western world is undergoing a political breakdown. At least in the US the root causes (ridiculous imbalance of wealth, allowing unchecked political donations) can be identified and supposedly treated.
Hopefully I'll feel confident to change my avatar off this scumbag soon. Apologies to any scumbags I insulted.