The reality of debates on #netneutrality

[weev]

Like most Americans, I fucking despise major communications service providers. Unlike most Americans, I have actually been maliciously placed into prison in retaliation for lawfully criticizing a major telecommunications provider too effectively. Let's place my current feelings towards the various companies in this space somewhere in the realm of a

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[anonymous]

thanks for this. dead on I feel.

Why no comments?

[anonymous]

Because people are fucking stupid and can't think for themselves, and we will end up with this net neutrality travesty being hoisted upon us.

I've been saying the same things as you do here for quite a while, trying to educate my peers who are not experts in Internet routing and peering coming from local ISPs & NOC environments pre-dot-com-boom; but peope are so brainwashed they don't get the simple logic of what I try to teach me about how they're being deceived.

A more important point to consider, I believe, besides the monopoly protections of common carriers where hardly a CLEC can survive, is the fact that net neutrality as written is primarily and predominantly about imposing regulations that make the Internet's tubes "meet the needs of law enforcement." Private corps want their oligopolistic protections, and they'll gladly get married to the interests of law enforcement and government in order to achieve that (especially when the largest media companies own the largest ISPs).

Btw, I love you.

RE: Why no comments?

[weev]

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