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0 pointsboomboomsubban8y ago0 comments

This doesn't make sense. Why would the ISP's want to throttle the websites that their customers are using? Even with the lack of ISP competition, pissing off your users that much seems like a bad strategy. And they can already throttle users based on bandwidth used, how would eliminating net neutrality help them achieve this goal.

I predict the ISP's selling a default throttled connection to everything, and then for $10 more you can unthrottle Netflix or YouTube. Competitors would need to convince ISPs to allow unthrottled access to even have a chance.

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daveFNbuck8y ago

Your prediction is exactly what you said doesn't make sense. Your prediction also doesn't match history. In 2014 Netflix was the one that had to pay Comcast to end its throttling.

boomboomsubbanOP8y ago

In 2014, my prediction was illegal due to net neutrality regulations, while limiting Netflix based on usage was possible.

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daveFNbuck8y ago

Your prediction is exactly what you said doesn't make sense. Your prediction also doesn't match history. In 2014 Netflix was the one that had to pay Comcast to end its throttling.

boomboomsubbanOP8y ago

In 2014, my prediction was illegal due to net neutrality regulations, while limiting Netflix based on usage was possible.

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