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Can someone explain, in plain English, what 'NET NEUTRALITY' means?

11/13/2014 | maineman

Posted on by maineman

I've researched the heck out of this BUT still don't get it. Just looking for a simple explanation for a simple man.



TOPICS:

Computers/Internet

KEYWORDS:

computers

internet

netneutrality

obamacare

publicutility





To: maineman

It’s like “Affordable” care act.



by 2 posted onby Safrguns (PM me if you like to play Minecraft!)

To: maineman

Did you not learn something from the naming of obamacare ... ‘Affordable Care Act’? Democrats are all about lying and manipulating people, so NEVER take what they say or what they name as truth.



To: maineman

Can’t explain it until they pass it... Hint, it’s probably bad for everyone not in power.



by 4 posted onby Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")

To: Safrguns

You have fast fingers ...



To: maineman

Ultimately it means that the Federales decide what data goes over whose network and at what speed.

Like that won’t be perverted and abused...



by 6 posted onby Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)

To: maineman

Good question I will be watching for an answer. While freepers are at it how about an explanation for “common core”.



To: maineman

The most concise explanation I've heard is from Ted Cruz: "net neutrality is Obamacare for the internet". That's his short and to the point way of saying that it's a socialist redistribution of bandwidth. Here's a much more detailed explanation from former MCSNet CEO Karl Denninger's take - The Net Neutrality Debacle: A Submission To The FCC



To: Ditter

2+2=5



To: maineman

Just more of Obama imposing his idea of “fairness”. Increased government control. A new tax stream. What’s not to like?



by 10 posted onby Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)

To: maineman

I've researched the heck out of this BUT still don't get it. You've "made a difference".



by 11 posted onby BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)

To: maineman

Higher taxes - more freedom for the NSA to snoop on you.



To: Ditter

common core -—> Group Think - from your rulers.



To: maineman

To: maineman

It sounds good and reasonable, the term "Neutrality," yet it is just another attempt by the godless government to impose itself into every aspect of your life while taxing you for the beneficent oversight it provides in keeping you well-regulated (policed). Nothing good will come from it, only more bloated and putrid government.



by 15 posted onby semaj (Nothing will change until lying becomes an extremely dangerous & expensive habit.)

To: maineman

Government control of everything you see and hear.

Sort of like the intro scene in “The Outer Limits”!

Just change ‘television’ to internet and ‘The Outer Limits’ to Net Neutrality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtjhWhw2I8



To: maineman

It’s alot of clever language to Nationalize every ISP in the United States. AT&T has halted fiber deployment until they see where it lands. Think of Chavez, Venezuela, and the private oil rigs off the coast for a better analogy. Obama has already taken over Domain Names and put him and his Interwebz Czar in control of the kill switch to turn off the Internet whenever they get that Fourth Reich feeling. He is also seizing domain names at will via Eric Holder/DOJ. The next step via net neutrality is to force each ISP to provide equal access that they can’t financially provide, to monitor for unlaw-way behavior aka talking bad about Demonrats, and opening their brown-eye to make sure Hussein’s fist has plenty of room. AT&T sees a blitz coming. They are pulling back. Verizon is already the DHS provider of choice, so they are hosed. I don’t think the smaller providers can do anything about it but hope the Republicans stop this Fourth Reich Primate from destroying more parts of the economy.



To: maineman

When examining anything, you have to look at the inherently scarce resource. In this case, it’s “bandwidth”, ie, how much information can be transferred at one time. Providers are limiting some users of their services in favor of others. Like, the porn downloader my be choked down to a certain bandwidth while the TV streamer would be given all the rest available. What Obama wants to do is have a government agency determine who gets what. In this case it’s bandwidth. In the case of the ACA, it’s healthcare. In the case of economic policy, it’s money.



by 18 posted onby MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)

To: maineman

It's a buzzword that would have you believe the gov't seek to correct some imagined unfairness in the Internet as it is now.

Instead they see to impose regulations to stifle innovation and free speech.





by 19 posted onby BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)

To: maineman

It’s a promise that if you like your ISP you can keep your ISP.



by 20 posted onby eeriegeno ( )

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