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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 1454308" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>This issue really boils down to one big problem, and that is lack of competition in the world ISPs or internet service providers. I recall back in the 90s when mostly everyone I knew used a dial up modem to connect to the internet, and sure the speeds were slow, but the choices in providers were many. I can recall many different ISPs that were available to my parents back in the day, and even knew a few people who started their own ISP. It just took a little bit of money, some subscribers, and bam you were an ISP. Then came along cable internet. Now don't get me wrong, I love my cable internet connection when compared to my old dialup connections of old, but I do understand the problem where you have maybe one or two(if you are lucky) providers of this now standard internet connection. With a large percentage of American households hooked up to a small handful of providers they do have the potential to get overly controlling and try to become internet traffic controllers instead of just internet service providers. This is a problem, but I can also see a problem with the government stepping in and starting to tell these companies how they are to use their own networks. I would support changing the regulations to allow more competition rather than telling companies how to they can control the internet. Don't forget that starting down this dangerous path of government intervention means putting the most open and free market in the history of mankind, not just of goods and services, but of ideas to politically charged regulators if you will. Do we want the same FCC that regulates content in TV to begin to do the same on the internet? Government regulations don't end with just a few simple rules, they grow and multiply to the point that they are a confusing mess of rules that nobody really understands. I personally understand why people think there is a need for net neutrality, but honestly I think that will be the start of much bigger problems down the road. As time progresses and internet technologies evolve I believe this lock the cable and phone companies have on broadband internet connections will wane as more wireless technologies come into play. SpaceX is developing an alternative source of internet connections through a network of small, cheap satellites(<a href="http://www.geek.com/science/spacex-to-launch-a-fleet-of-micro-satellites-for-low-cost-internet-access-1609128/" target="_blank">http://www.geek.com/science/spacex-to-launch-a-fleet-of-micro-satellites-for-low-cost-internet-access-1609128/</a>), and google is getting into the broadband network with its slow growing list of cities to get its google fiber network(<a href="https://fiber.google.com/about2/" target="_blank">https://fiber.google.com/about2/</a>). I know the easiest answer is to ask our government to step in, but think about the future consequences of doing so before embracing what seems so innocent today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 1454308, member: 249"] This issue really boils down to one big problem, and that is lack of competition in the world ISPs or internet service providers. I recall back in the 90s when mostly everyone I knew used a dial up modem to connect to the internet, and sure the speeds were slow, but the choices in providers were many. I can recall many different ISPs that were available to my parents back in the day, and even knew a few people who started their own ISP. It just took a little bit of money, some subscribers, and bam you were an ISP. Then came along cable internet. Now don't get me wrong, I love my cable internet connection when compared to my old dialup connections of old, but I do understand the problem where you have maybe one or two(if you are lucky) providers of this now standard internet connection. With a large percentage of American households hooked up to a small handful of providers they do have the potential to get overly controlling and try to become internet traffic controllers instead of just internet service providers. This is a problem, but I can also see a problem with the government stepping in and starting to tell these companies how they are to use their own networks. I would support changing the regulations to allow more competition rather than telling companies how to they can control the internet. Don't forget that starting down this dangerous path of government intervention means putting the most open and free market in the history of mankind, not just of goods and services, but of ideas to politically charged regulators if you will. Do we want the same FCC that regulates content in TV to begin to do the same on the internet? Government regulations don't end with just a few simple rules, they grow and multiply to the point that they are a confusing mess of rules that nobody really understands. I personally understand why people think there is a need for net neutrality, but honestly I think that will be the start of much bigger problems down the road. As time progresses and internet technologies evolve I believe this lock the cable and phone companies have on broadband internet connections will wane as more wireless technologies come into play. SpaceX is developing an alternative source of internet connections through a network of small, cheap satellites([url]http://www.geek.com/science/spacex-to-launch-a-fleet-of-micro-satellites-for-low-cost-internet-access-1609128/[/url]), and google is getting into the broadband network with its slow growing list of cities to get its google fiber network([url]https://fiber.google.com/about2/[/url]). I know the easiest answer is to ask our government to step in, but think about the future consequences of doing so before embracing what seems so innocent today. [/QUOTE]
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