No More Net Neutrality?

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: You HATE to agree with me??? :shocked:

I've actually noticed some ads on TV for VPN services... to "keep your personal data safe! "

 

[BajaRon]

The Tracinski Letter

I get The Tracinski Letter. Probably never heard of him, but that's OK.

Everyone is biased, of course. But if you can get the reliant facts it's easier to make up your mind. People disagree on what is 'Reliant'. But that is to be expected.

What I don't appreciate is when someone cherry picks the 'Facts' to advance an agenda. Or simply makes up their 'Facts' as they go. I think this guy does a good job, for the most part, so I read his stuff. Here he pokes a bit of fun at some nay-sayers. Hope you can see the irony...

Some Are More Net Neutral Than Others
As part of the usual hysterical freakout about the rollback of "net neutrality," the New York Times published an article on the impending "nightmare scenario" titled, "What If You Couldn't Access This Page?" What did the article say? I don't know, I couldn't access it because it's behind the New York Times's own paywall. At the same time, the Times announced that A.G. Sulzberger would be taking over from his father as publisher, after having made his name in the company by spearheading its digital strategy, including that notorious paywall.

This is not just an amusing irony. It's also an attempt to do with the Internet what the Times and other media companies did with campaign financial controls: they advocated all sorts of restrictions on political speech by corporations--but with a special exemption for media corporations. It was one set of rules for them, another set of rules for everybody else.

Similarly, the big problem with getting rid of net neutrality is that it would be terrible, just terrible, if a big corporation were to charge you extra money for access to information--unless it's The New York Times Company, then it's OK.

Somehow, these giant schemes for "equality" always have a little escape clause for the people who really matter. Everybody's net neutral, but some are more neutral than others.

 

[Bob Denman]

If the internet isn't going to be "neutral" anymore, and we start choosing up sides:

I want Chuck Norris, Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Willis on MY side!

 

[wyliec]

If the internet isn't going to be "neutral" anymore, and we start choosing up sides:

I want Chuck Norris, Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Willis on MY side!

I choose Connor McGregor. He'd whip all those winnies.

 

[Bob Denman]

Not with Chuck Norris working with them! :bowdown: