Skylar
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Of course, your entire position becomes bullshit when we admit that some content providers have been throttled. Let's be honest, Comcast and Time Warner don't really care about bandwidth issues. They care that Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, and the like are cutting into their cable profits. So they want to charge for it.
Your post has to be one of the stupidest posts ever put on the board. Network providers don't care about bandwidth? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You don't have a fucking clue what any of this is about.
You really don't get how net neutrality works, do you? It isn't about the bandwidth of your connection to the internet. Its about your ISP throttling access to your bandwidth to content providers unless they pay a special fee.
If Comcast limits Netflix to 1.5 mbps when streaming to you computer, it doesn't matter if your bandwidth is 5mbps download or 500. You're still getting just 1.5mbps from Netflix. That's what net neutrality prevents.
Under net neutrality, all data is treated the same. And YOU, not your ISP that decide what data gets priority. If you want to download from Netflix, now you're only limited by your bandwidth and the speed netflix is streaming. Your ISP doesn't get a say. So if you have a 25mbps connection and Netflix is streaming at 10mbps, you get the 10mbps.
That's Net Neutrality. Where your download speeds are between you and the website you're visiting. And your ISP doesn't stick its dick into it.
Why is it that so many conservatives don't even know what Net Neutrality is?
Switching to another ISP would accomplish the same thing.
An ungodly number like 80 to 90% of US consumers have 2 or fewer choices for broadband.
Its not like going to a different fast food restaurant. Most broadband companies won't be servicing your area.