“Were from the Goverment & we’re here to help you. Now bend over….”

The internet was invented by America, and I think it represents some of the best of America. Both in freedom and technology/innovation. To now try and ruin that is a complete disgrace. It goes against everything this country is supposed to stand for.

I think people across the entire political spectrum would agree that a few big corporations controlling the internet is a very, very bad thing.

Oh well off to make some illegally wire-tapped phonecalls and wait for my house to be raided because I said the president was a douche-bag on AT&Tnet…

If Net Neutrality is taken down, from what you say, it would just create a more “Premium” internet for those who value that kind of thing, like first class on a plane, but with planes and all that, they still have other rules to abide by (ex. they can’t stuff the other people in the cargo for example). It seems like Net Neutrality is the only rule on the Internet right now, if we take it down, what’s to stop AT&T and Comcast from doing ANYTHING they want with their bandwidth and prices?

I already know from personal experience that Comcast will absolutely kill you with their prices in areas they have no competition, but in other parts of the country, they will do anything to keep you as a customer, and slash their prices in half. I’m sure almost everyone has had billing problems with any ISP or phone provider (like Comcast and AT&T, etc.) and I just worry about giving these companies, who have shown they care about money, and nothing but it (as they should I suppose), absolute power over the internet, it’s just asking to get exploited.

What if you could be sure that:
1. When using Skype or Vonage, you would almost never have any audio problems, and you always came through loud and clear to the person you are talking to and vice versa.
2. When playing Halo, you would almost never have any lag issues or server disconnects.
3. What if your favorite websites, instead of taking 8 seconds to load, loaded in 4 secs?
4. What if you could download a full movie in 20 minutes instead of 2 hours?

To get all these features, you would simply pay your ISP an additional $5 a month. Would that service interest you?
I bet most people would be interested.

Now, let me ask another question. What if your neighbor, who has 4 kids, works 2 jobs, and has his mother-in-law living with him, cannot afford this luxury? Would you call that unfair and ban this $5 service?

In capitalism, as in life, sometimes things are not fair, or not as fair as we would like. Wanna try another form of economics? Communism, socialism? These usually do not work out too well, but some people would say they are more “fair.”

Would you rather live in a country where:
1. Some people have almost nothing, a lot of people have quite a few things, and a few people can have anything.
2. A lot of people have little, and some people have a lot.

This is WAY oversimplified, but according to history, and even now, this is how things turn out.

When looking at these arguments, also realize that “free speech” really has nothing to do with it. Under a system of NON-net neutrality, you would NOT be blocked from going to any site.

Example:
First-class passengers on a plane get to board first, get better food, better seats, and generally more amenities. But, EVERYONE GETS TO FLY.

Capitalism = Pay more, get more.

Thanks for listening,

Michael Greer