RE: The Senate will vote to REINSTATE net neutrality...and it will fail!
This is just another case of naive Americans who believe this “Free enterprise” thing to “open up” the Internet will somehow benefit them...when in reality, it will benefit huge corporations and hurt the little business. What does that mean? Take ebay for example: If they can cut one tenth of a second off of the time users spend on their website...it means another $50 million dollars globally. How do I know? An ebay executive lives in Encinitas and can’t wait for repeal of net neutrality.
What if companies can “slow” your access to certain sites but speed up others they favor? What if large companies can charge ONE CENT MORE...on a global scale....where consumers have no clue it is happening? They can make billions more...and that is not hyperbole.
What we are seeing now is exactly what Kamala Harris has been saying about this for some time. But in 2017 stupid Americans seem OK with handing the internet keys to Republicans ....and hoping it goes well.
You're naive if you think the government cares about the little guy.
You are 100% correct, @lucyogo. Apparently, there are many "anarchists" on Steemit who fight the government for the sake of fighting the government.
Statistically, however, most Americans who know what net neutrality is are in support of it. This is a case of a handful of unelected officials deciding what's best for the entire country, even though the overwhelming majority of the country are against their decision.
I know right. I sure don't want to return to the way internet access and bandwidth was handled prior to 2015 when net neutrality began. I don't know about you but it was all I could do to afford bandwidth and internet access what with companies charging whatever they wanted and limiting the bandwidth of other services like Netflix unless they paid the ISP more forcing their rates to go up making them almost unaffordable. I know I saw my monthly ISP cost plummet after the 2015 net neutrality law went in effect.
I hope you can sense the sarcasm. I was laying it on pretty thick there.