Obama wants the Internet of the 21st Century to be fundamentally transformed into 1970’s AT&T
Obama, in his statement, called for an “explicit ban” on “paid prioritization,” or better, faster service for companies that pay extra. The president said federal regulators should reclassify the Internet as a public utility under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act.
As Ted Cruz says
“‘Net Neutrality’ is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.”
Everybody’s entitled to everything at somebody else’s expence.
The new American Dream
When Obama moves into a slum tenement rather than a suburban mansion (paid for by someone else — of course), I will believe him when he says that “people who can afford to pay shouldn’t be allowed to get better stuff”.
Until then, GFY, Bucky.
Does anyone actually believe that without the breakup of the Bell system in 1983 that we’d have smartphones today?
If it had been up to the government to solve the problem of polio, we would have the world’s best iron lungs — sleek, low-cost, atomic-powered, portable, the whole nine yards.
But we wouldn’t have a cure.
>Does anyone actually believe that without the breakup of the Bell system in 1983 that we’d have smartphones today?<
there be cell/smart phones 'cause bell wouldn't own the towers.
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No one would have been allowed to compete with AT&T regardless of method.
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No one would have been allowed to compete with AT&T regardless of method.<
see it this way: carter cratered att, reagan would have done the same like berlin wall.
also: carter is hoover to reagan’s fdr for a conservative narrative. implementing policies taken up by the next dude
FCC as TPC.
CC.
White House adds phony “buffering” graphic to video of Obama pushing “Net Neutrality.”
Everything from this administration has embedded lies.
I have read a lot of defenses of net neutrality that mostly accuse Comcast of slowing everything down to shake out more profits.
Most seem to think that if they have a high-speed line at home, all content should get to them at the same speed regardless of what resources the content provider has. Analogies I saw included Comcast owning the highway and reducing open lanes to destinations that did not pay up.
I think that analogy is wrong. I think it is closer to you have a nice new car and you think that all businesses you want to visit and frequent should be equally accessible no matter how many locations they have, how big there parking lot is, or how many employees they have to serve you. A mom and pop market should serve you as equally as a Safeway.
Goodness gracious, there’s an overload of stupid in the Business Insider comments.