OT - Net Neutrality has now been removed.

[Doggie_Style]

Yeah...because the Federal Gov't was just going to benevolently "monitor" the internet for free? Net Neutrality was never anything more than a power grab and another gross over-reach by the Federal Government.

^^^^^^^ This all day....when you look back a year from now you won't notice anything different in your service, only that the Govt's dirty hands won't be as firmly gripped to it. Do you not think the govt. uses these agencies for political purposes? (IRS, FBI, EPA, etc.)

[dawgs]

^^^^^^^ This all day....when you look back a year from now you won't notice anything different in your service, only that the Govt's dirty hands won't be as firmly gripped to it. Do you not think the govt. uses these agencies for political purposes? (IRS, FBI, EPA, etc.)

You’re wrong about there being no differences

https://www.google.com/amp/www.latim...story,amp.html

[TrapGame]

You’re wrong about there being no differences

https://www.google.com/amp/www.latim...story,amp.html

The LA Times, a bastion of unbiased journalism. No thanks.

And Portugal is rife with socialism. That's not a good example at all.

[BulldogDX55]

The LA Times, a bastion of unbiased journalism. No thanks.

And Portugal is rife with socialism. That's not a good example at all.

Even if you believe that the LA Times is a bad source (it's not), there is nothing in that article or picture that is wrong. Also, what does Portugals political leanings have to do with this? They've haven't been lead by their socialist party since the 70s, well before the internet was really a thing. What do you need to just look at a source?

[TrapGame]

Even if you believe that the LA Times is a bad source (it's not), there is nothing in that article or picture that is wrong. Also, what does Portugals political leanings have to do with this? They've haven't been lead by their socialist party since the 70s, well before the internet was really a thing. What do you need to just look at a source?

I'm not getting into my beliefs about the veracity of the LA Times b/c that really belongs on the political page. And this whole thread really does too.

[Quaoarsking]

I'm not getting into my beliefs about the veracity of the LA Times b/c that really belongs on the political page. And this whole thread really does too.

Disagree. This directly affects websites like this one and belongs on the main board. If Comcast, AT&T tell Coach34 that he'll have to pay them extra money in order for this site to be available, or tell you that you'll have to pay to see it, at least this thread will have told everyone why.

Ditto for any other websites you like or own.

[dawgs]

The LA Times, a bastion of unbiased journalism. No thanks.

And Portugal is rife with socialism. That's not a good example at all.

1) literally google “Portugal internet” and there’s hundreds of links citing the same information, the links being to a variety of sites with left, right, and balanced viewpoints. There’s also a ****ing difference between opinion and facts, these are literally facts and it doesn’t matter whether brietbart or Rachel Maddow links them, they are facts and facts don’t have a bias. LA times just happened to be the first ****ing link on google.

2) what does portugal’s Socialist leanings (not that the socialists are even running the country) have to do with the fact that they ended net neutrality and let the ISPs “regulate” themselves and it resulted in nickel and dime’ing customers for steaming services and access to certain websites? Nothing, so stop trying to turn this into some “see socialist/democratic/leftist government is bad” example.

[TrapGame]

1) literally google “Portugal internet” and there’s hundreds of links citing the same information, the links being to a variety of sites with left, right, and balanced viewpoints. There’s also a ****ing difference between opinion and facts, these are literally facts and it doesn’t matter whether brietbart or Rachel Maddow links them, they are facts and facts don’t have a bias. LA times just happened to be the first ****ing link on google.

2) what does portugal’s Socialist leanings (not that the socialists are even running the country) have to do with the fact that they ended net neutrality and let the ISPs “regulate” themselves and it resulted in nickel and dime’ing customers for steaming services and access to certain websites? Nothing, so stop trying to turn this into some “see socialist/democratic/leftist government is bad” example.

The sky is not falling snowflake.

2015 internet standards were just as good as 2017.

Get over it.

[dawgs]

The sky is not falling snowflake.

2015 internet standards were just as good as 2017.

Get over it.

Wow, snowflake, quite the original thinker over here.

The reason Obama implemented net neutrality in 2015 was because he (and anyone on the internet) could see this coming from a mile away. He acted to stop it before it could be implemented. But hey, if Obama did it, then trump is hell bent on reversing it, even if it makes no sense to reverse it.

[TrapGame]

Wow, snowflake, quite the original thinker over here.

The reason Obama implemented net neutrality in 2015 was because he (and anyone on the internet) could see this coming from a mile away. He acted to stop it before it could be implemented. But hey, if Obama did it, then trump is hell bent on reversing it, even if it makes no sense to reverse it.

It will be ok. Trump won't block Pornhub.

[Turfdawg67]

The sky is not falling snowflake.

2015 internet standards were just as good as 2017.

Get over it.

There it is again... snowflake. The new buzzword for the intellectually challenged.

[TrapGame]

There it is again... snowflake. The new buzzword for the intellectually challenged.

Sorry I hit a nerve Francis.