savenetneutrality

water-you-not-doing:Dear America, If you don’t want to be socialist, don’t restrict our...

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:31:38 -0500

Dear America,
If you don’t want to be socialist, don’t restrict our internet.
Sincerely,
Me

IF THE FCC’S ‘NET NEUTRALITY’ PLAN IS SO GREAT, WHY CAN’T ANYONE SEE IT?

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:31:09 -0500

And why are liberals endorsing this huge threat to online freedom?

If the FCC’s plan to “protect” net neutrality and reign in the power of greedy corporations is so fantastic, then why haven’t its 332 pages been released for public consumption?

In a vote tomorrow, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to reclassify the Internet as a public utility under Title II of the Telecommunications Act.

Despite this mammoth change in the function of the web, no Congressional debate took place, no bills were introduced and no legislation was signed. The vast majority of Americans are unaware that this is even taking place since the news networks are offering scant coverage.

The change is being made under a form of “administrative law” in accordance with the Obama administration’s guidance, which claims it has the backing of millions of Americans.

If that’s the case then why can’t we see this amazing plan for Internet utopia? Why has Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler refused to testify before Congress on the issue?

Why has Wheeler failed to properly address concerns voiced by critics, including FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, one of the few Americans to have seen the 332 page document, that the new rules will hand the feds the power to micromanage, license and censor the Internet and that the plan is a “solution” to a problem that doesn’t exist?

Why is Wheeler channeling Nancy Pelosi’s infamous, “we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it,” rhetoric in refusing to make the rules public?

Why are the vast majority of liberals and tech enthusiasts, who expended enormous amounts of energy fighting against efforts to chill Internet freedoms via SOPA and PIPA, actually endorsing the implementation of the FCC’s regulatory framework without question?

Do they think that an administration which has proven itself to be the most antagonistic in White House history when it comes to whistleblowing and the free flow of information has suddenly had a change of heart?

Do they trust a President who told the nation, “If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan,” not to abuse these powers?

STOP NET NEUTRALITY - SAVE THE INTERNET

Net Neutrality: big-government bullshit we don’t need.

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:29:41 -0500

fdtd-solutions:

Net Neutrality is another smelly load of big government bullshit aimed at putting a stranglehold on something we use every single day.

It’s another slew of canyonesque barriers meant to stifle competition/entry in the ISP market and put us at the mercy of corporations. It’s a solution we don’t want to a problem nobody has. Look closely at the people/groups that support net neutrality and you’ll have your answer.

It’s just like climate change hysteria: it’s about more legislation to burden average people with endless taxes and fees while helping someone else get very, very rich in the process. It’s not about saving anything. It’s about a massive transfer of wealth.

Many of those in favor of Net Neutrality think that without daddy government, the ISPs will start throttling users’ speeds for any or no reason, or that without net neutrality ISPs/mobile carriers will do “whatever they want" to their consumers, such as banning some services (like Netflix). Others cite that the US is quite slow in internet speeds compared to other countries and that somehow, magically, net neutrality would bring us up to speed. (And indeed, the US has recently been ranked #3 in connectivity and #10 in internet speed with the rest of the world [1].)

First, an ISP or mobile carrier can put whatever terms it wants on to you, provided they let you know about it with clear and well-defined rules. They are in the right for doing that. They make these terms and conditions in order to maximize your enjoyment out of their service as well as that of everyone else, and to make a profit as well. Internet access is a commodity; ie, you do not have a “right” to internet access. You use the internet with the corresponding expectation that you follow the terms of service that have been laid out to you by your ISP and that you also do not break US/Federal law while accessing the internet. You cannot use your service in ways that are costly beyond reason to the ISP, such as downloading massive amounts of data or sending/receiving denial-of-service attacks. ISPs can also block the usage of certain services for any or no reason.

An oft-cited example of “ISP corruption” is when AT&T once blocked the Skype service on iPhones due to the strain it put on AT&T’s resources at the time [2]. Many cite this as an abuse from AT&T on its consumers, but it was a simple business decision because at the time, AT&T was the only iPhone carrier. There is a plethora of other examples where ISPs have had to make simple business decisions that are for the better of their consumers, yet are perceived as unfair by some. However, the freedom of businesses to make simple business decisions is not grounds for a massive net neutrality campaign or any other government legislation.

Let me put it another way: do we need “popcorn neutrality” because movie theaters won’t let you bring popcorn from home into the theater? What if you want to bring in some Chinese take-out? That’s not fair that they can just put rules on you like that. We clearly need Popcorn Neutrality because without it, theaters could start putting whatever crazy rules they want on you! How dare they! Also, with Popcorn Neutrality, it would unilaterally make all the screens magically turn into Japanese Ultra 3D Disney Digital Hypermax TrueFont™……

No, you use movie theaters as a pleasure/leisure. You buy a ticket with implicit consent to all their rules. You don’t have a “right” to go into the movie theater, and you don’t have to create a whole arsenal of laws that define that “right” to go to the movie theater any way you personally see fit, including bringing in your own food from home. You may not like the rules of that movie theater, but for the most part, they are there to ensure the maximum satisfaction of the most possible people that go there. Just go to a different movie theater if you don’t like its rules - after all, you are free to choose. Moreover, Popcorn Neutrality would also end up taxing (fancy word for stealing) from everyone, including those that already were happy to buy movie theater popcorn and adhere to the rules, those go to the theaters perhaps once or twice a year, and those that haven’t even been to the theater in years or decades. And all this is nothing compared to the cost of compliance now imposed on all movie theaters. Why should your movie theater visit cost uninvolved people their money? Why do you want to create more taxes and rules because you feel entitled to rewrite the simple rules of a private business nobody forced you to give patronage to?

The speed issue is equally simple. The US’s internet speeds are not slow because of the big bad ISPs wanting to stick it to consumers and get rich in doing so. (I’m begging someone to explain this thinking to me. Businesses don’t get rich by giving their consumers shitty products.) The reason for our slightly slower speeds is that the US pioneered telecommunications and was the first to implement the costly groundwork for high speed internet. Other countries have since simply adopted our advancements for efficiency and speed without any of the years of work we put in. “We were the standard and the innovators which benefited all these other developed and developing countries. But at the same time we have invested in such a massive amount of original infrastructure here, that it is slow going to replace it with newer, faster developments. Furthermore, the US is profoundly larger geographically and in population, although far more broadly dispersed, compared to most other advanced nations with high density populations and our demand is also still quite high. This allocation of better, more expensive infrastructure across sparsely-populated regions makes it more difficult to deliver it uniformly across the entire country which leads to mixed quality; especially when many people are still quite content with the service they already have” [3].

Conclusion:

Look, the ISPs and mobile carriers currently work for us. They are at our mercy. If we don’t like them, we can leave for someone better. Things are cheap for us consumers right now and they’re only getting better. Why would anyone want to flip this around? We don’t need massive regulation of the internet access. Government regulation has never resulted in a better, cheaper product. We don’t need to create another immortal government agency that will only suffocate us with taxes and entrench monopolies deeper in the ISP market. That is the last thing anyone advocating for a free and fair internet would want. How sad and hypocritical that these idiots are the ones banging on about how good net neutrality is. They are either ignorant or they simply have an agenda, like all liars.

Note: this post is largely a rewording of @redbloodedamerica’s large thread which can be found at [3].

[1] https://www.akamai.com/us/en/multimedia/documents/state-of-the-internet/q1-2017-state-of-the-internet-connectivity-report.pdf

[2] https://www.wired.com/2009/10/iphone-att-skype/

[3] http://redbloodedamerica.tumblr.com/post/163117863162/egalitarian-vanguard-redbloodedamerica

shamelesslykinkshaming: YOU, YES YOU! DO YOU WANT TO STOP NET...

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:28:28 -0500

shamelesslykinkshaming:

YOU, YES YOU! DO YOU WANT TO STOP NET NEUTRALITY BUT DON’T KNOW HOW TO HELP? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS? BECAUSE I DIDN’T. It’s basically a bunch of old dudes who want to take away a bunch of our internet privileges so they can make more money and it’s not a good thing for us internet users. SO YOU CAN GO TO THIS SITE https://dearfcc.org/ AND WRITE A LITTLE THING WITH YOUR NAME AND SHIT and if you don’t live in a state in the USA just click the little button under the stuff where you put your zip code and yeah. AND THEN SEND THAT SHIT AND CONGRATS YOU’VE HELPED STOP NET NEUTRALITY. Anyway sorry to bother you carry on with your browsing.

demonknight8: What i think about net neutrality grabs my notepads you people are telling me…I...

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:27:56 -0500

demonknight8:

What i think about net neutrality

*grabs my notepads* you people are telling me…I HAVE TO PAY TO WATCH YOUTUBE?! PAY TO GO ON MY GMAIL TO FINISH PROJECTS?! AND WASTING MY TIME ON IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE?! *rips notepads* FORGET THAT!! WHY SHOULD I PAY MORE THAN I ALREADY HAVE 2?! WHY SHOULD I PAY TO GO THROUGH MY GMAIL AND MAKE SURE:

A. I get a respond for school projects

B. I can get sales on spotify, games, Or people!

Tell me. Why the F*** should I pay more?! Its bad enough there’s more homeless people! Its gonna lead that way. More homeless. More taxes. More money for the government. Why is this world getting so corrupted?

I’m demonknight saying:

STOP NET NEUTRALITY FROM BEING GONE

justerynthings: International petition to sign against Net Neutrality...

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:27:06 -0500

justerynthings:

International petition to sign against Net Neutrality

http://act.freepress.net/sign/internet_nn_trump/?source=share

sibsdrawsstuff: We must stop net neutrality. Ok this is a serious problem.. Net neutrality is going...

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:24:01 -0500

sibsdrawsstuff:

We must stop net neutrality.

Ok this is a serious problem..

Net neutrality is going to take away mostly everything that we love (mostly fandoms) and what love to do if we don’t put a stop to net neutrality.

That could lead to less happiness, some people watch YouTube or write fanfics. It makes the happy it also relives some type of stress they have. But, when we have to pay to watch a video?? Or pay just to read or post a chapter?? Some people mat or may not be able to afford that.

Please please.. stop net neutrality

!!IMPORTANT!!

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:23:41 -0500

lanessasims:

NET NEUTRALITY IS A SERIOUS AND REAL THING! AT&T AND VERIZON ARE PLANNING TO SLOW, CONTROL AND BLOCK EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET SO YOU’LL HAVE TO PAY FOR MOSTLY EVERYTHING.

GO TO https://www.battleforthenet.com/

AND PLEASE SIGN A FORUM!

nameslovelyx: Like hell I’ll let net neutrality be taken away...

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:23:16 -0500

nameslovelyx:

Like hell I’ll let net neutrality be taken away from us. It’s hella important to a lot of people. The internet, for many, is the only source you can have to be yourself. I know that a lot of the LGBT+ community uses it to get away from the homophobic assholes around them.
If net neutrality were to be taken away, all of the websites that any of you have would be exposed. Now, you’ll have your parents eyes on what you do on the internet 24/7 because they know which apps you use. On top of that, you’ll be restricted by not only the company but your parents as well.
Companies need to understand that not everyone has the kind of money to buy all these packages and even if they did, you’ll think parents will even buy it? Because they won’t unless they find that it’s important.

Save Net Neutrality.

dillywantsdeath: wifeyallura: Yup im talking about this… NET NEUTRALITY! WE NEED TO SPEAK UP!...

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:21:52 -0500

dillywantsdeath:

wifeyallura:

Yup im talking about this…

NET NEUTRALITY!

WE NEED TO SPEAK UP!

JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE SAYS,

If we don’t speak up…

Bye bye, fandoms 👋

Bye bye, Memes 👋

Bye bye, fanart 👋

Bye bye, fanfics👋

SO PUT #netneutrality and reblog!

WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 14TH!

#netneutrality #stopnetneutrality #honestlynetneutralityfuckoff

kill-e: Fight back- Net nuetrality!

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:20:42 -0500

kill-e:

Fight back-

Net nuetrality!

An actually possible scenario from a future without net neutrality.

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:19:49 -0500

ask-trans-feliciano:

Featuring a teenager and their abusive parent.

TW: This is probably gonna be a bit too real for people that actually went through this kinda shit, but that should make it all the more important to you. Read this, don’t let this happen.

Teen: Uh… h-h-hey mom?… *nervous* can you.. buy me an internet subscription?…

Mom: *intimidating* That depends, Which one?

Teen: *panicking* ..oh, I j-just.. it’s just, one that I wanna t-talk to some friends and -s-stuff o-on… n-n-nothing m-much..

Mom: what kind of “friends?” are we talking about here? I want to know what stupid websites I’m buying for you before I waste this months grocery money on you!

Teen: … T..The “Creators” pack… it has an art website called DeviantArt… A handmade craft store called Etsy…. And a few.., um..s-smaller ones. It’s f-for my art.

Mom: Ok,, but I’m going to test them with the free trial first, I don’t want you spending my money on some ridiculous things that I’m glad the internet has finally been able to stop putting in that head of yours. let’s see here,

Teen: y-y-eah.. just take a quick look, it’s nothing bad I p-promise…

Mom: Well, we’ll see about that. ok so Deviantart is just full of dumb anime art that you like to draw, Etsy’s something I don’t think you’d ever use, and… oh, you left this one out. Is there a reason for that? Are you hiding something from me?

Teen: of course not!! I don’t even use it that much I just message a few friends and stuff I promise!

Mom: tumblr? let’s see, how do I even navigate this thing?. Ah, there we are, I assume that this is your blog-thing?

Teen: *panicked as fuck* yeah… just don’t worry about it!! I just post some of my stupid drawings on their!! It’s nothing interesting I just use it for that and talking to some friends, I’d love to be able to talk to them again after the end of Net Neutrality so can I please just have this bundle? before your ten-minute free trial runs out?

Mom: *clicking on their kids blog*… I.. What… explain this!! Right fucking now! What is this shit on your “blog” or whatever the fuck you call it??

Teen: w-what?? I don’t know what you’re talking about!! M-maybe you h-have the wrong blog?…

Mom: I wasn’t born yesterday!! Do you think I’m an idiot?? Your name is right here, next to all this fucking bullshit! about an abomination being “valid?”, are you convincing yourself you’re a fucking tranny again?? Can’t you just be fucking happy with yourself for once? What’s this shit about having autism??? I already told you I ain’t going to get you tested just so they can tell me that my kid is a retard and fucked in the head and throw expensive drugs at you!! Your messages are full of faggots like this too, and you think I would be OKAY WITH THIS?? IN FACT, I AM TAKING AWAY ALL OF YOUR INTERNET, I AM NOT HAVING YOU WASTE OUR INCOME ON THESE SILLY DAYDREAMS, NON-BINARY, ABELISM, ASEXUAL, WHAT THE FUCK DO THOSE EVEN MEAN. NOT A HOPE IN HELL I’M BUYING THIS FOR YOU. MAKE REAL FRIENDS FOR ONCE INSTEAD OF SITTING IN YOUR ROOM GLUED TO THIS FUCKING MACHINE!!

The teen killed themselves soon after.

savenetneutrality

water-you-not-doing:Dear America, If you don’t want to be socialist, don’t restrict our...

IF THE FCC’S ‘NET NEUTRALITY’ PLAN IS SO GREAT, WHY CAN’T ANYONE SEE IT?

STOP NET NEUTRALITY - SAVE THE INTERNET

Net Neutrality: big-government bullshit we don’t need.

Conclusion:

shamelesslykinkshaming: YOU, YES YOU! DO YOU WANT TO STOP NET...

demonknight8: What i think about net neutrality *grabs my notepads* you people are telling me…I...

What i think about net neutrality

STOP NET NEUTRALITY FROM BEING GONE

justerynthings: International petition to sign against Net Neutrality...

International petition to sign against Net Neutrality

sibsdrawsstuff: We must stop net neutrality. Ok this is a serious problem.. Net neutrality is going...

We must stop net neutrality.

!!IMPORTANT!!

nameslovelyx: Like hell I’ll let net neutrality be taken away...

dillywantsdeath: wifeyallura: Yup im talking about this… NET NEUTRALITY! WE NEED TO SPEAK UP!...

Yup im talking about this…

WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 14TH!

kill-e: Fight back- Net nuetrality!

Fight back-

An actually possible scenario from a future without net neutrality.

Featuring a teenager and their abusive parent.

demonknight8: What i think about net neutrality grabs my notepads you people are telling me…I...