Glocker_Alum_2005
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Anybody want to take a guess on if the ISPs will slow steaming speeds down so folks will go back to cable or satellite?
85% of Americans support it so 100% chance Congress will repeal it.
The uninformed mob acting out of fear is a powerful thing.
We're going back to 2015 rules you ****ing wimps.
Internet service got substantially better consistently for 20+ years. Is that not good enough? Did we really need more regulation? It's so irrational.
I don't. But there is one thing I do know. You can count on human greed. They will find a way and a time to financially exploit the situation for perpetual profit. They could do it now but they will first watch to see what rebels will do. Rebels are those smart and pissed off programmers who devise ways to circumvent cyber things. Kodi started this way for example. So did DIY satellite people who forced satellite TV providers to invent cable boxes.The DIY guys build their own so the cable companies had to invent bullets that killed unauthorized boxes. Then there's folks like me who got fed up with ever increasing cable TV fees. Isaid, "Screw you!" Then installed an OTA that draws in 24 channels depending on which direction my rotor turns the antenna. Now have Internet only service, ROKU and Chromecast to pretty much watch whatever I want. Point, counterpoint type of thing. So when greed starts reaching a level to piss these smart people enough, they will work on underground bypasses. If these recently freed to exploit companies are smart they'll reign in their greed. But greedy companies don't have that self-control. They will seek to exploit this sudden freedom to screw customers soon enough. Just like our grubby handed GOP Congress Reps and Senate.
The uninformed mob acting out of fear is a powerful thing.
We're going back to 2015 rules you ****ing wimps.
Internet service got substantially better consistently for 20+ years. Is that not good enough? Did we really need more regulation? It's so irrational.
I don't. But there is one thing I do know. You can count on human greed. They will find a way and a time to financially exploit the situation for perpetual profit. They could do it now but they will first watch to see what rebels will do. Rebels are those smart and pissed off programmers who devise ways to circumvent cyber things. Kodi started this way for example. So did DIY satellite people who forced satellite TV providers to invent cable boxes.The DIY guys build their own so the cable companies had to invent bullets that killed unauthorized boxes. Then there's folks like me who got fed up with ever increasing cable TV fees. Isaid, "Screw you!" Then installed an OTA that draws in 24 channels depending on which direction my rotor turns the antenna. Now have Internet only service, ROKU and Chromecast to pretty much watch whatever I want. Point, counterpoint type of thing. So when greed starts reaching a level to piss these smart people enough, they will work on underground bypasses. If these recently freed to exploit companies are smart they'll reign in their greed. But greedy companies don't have that self-control. They will seek to exploit this sudden freedom to screw customers soon enough. Just like our grubby handed GOP Congress Reps and Senate.
I wouldn't county on it. Comcast and the other telecoms pay a lot of them very well through campaign contributions. We as their constituents need to remind them who they work for.
Nothing changes without campaign finance reform ... nothing, and congress isn't going to change something that works for them. Elections are simply a popularity contest based on political affiliation (R/D, conservative/liberal) and advertising; real issues need not apply or intrude. The most money buys the best advertising that promotes one "winner" for each camp.
There may be a lot of pent up desire in the electorate for outsiders, but corporate and special interest money will keep the selection process on "track", so they never really have to worry too much about what regular constituents have to say.