Net Neutrality

[robkelk]

(May as well start this in Politics...)

So, why does the Trump administration dislike net neutrality? It costs more in the long run, it makes it all-but-impossible for start-ups to innovate, it adds to the "walled garden" or "siloing" of the medium... it has no benefits to anyone who doesn't own a multinational corporation.

We have net neutrality in Canada, and the sky hasn't fallen...

[SilverFang01]

From the arguments I've seen on Twitter and elsewhere, mostly because it goes against their philosophy of "government bad, free market good."

This is a good primer on it: http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wet ... ity-primer

http://www.wetmachine.com/tales-of-the- ... om-policy/

[ordnance11]

Rob, the GOP current GOP philosophy is that government should get out of the way of business. A return to the "Robber Baron" era so to speak. Look at Well Fargo scandal.
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[robkelk]

So, will they let all the "Baby Bells" merge back into one giant telco? If not, then why won't they exercise the same level of oversight on what's replaced the telephone as the major communications medium?

Yes, yes, I know - politicians are not rational people.
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