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RE: What Is Your Best Argument For/Against "Net Neutrality"?
Not really sure. Our system here (Portugal) is pretty good. The government regulates it as an utility, but competition between the three main telecoms is so great that we have excellent service at relatively low prices (very low prices by american standards).
that is interesting you say portugal, because ive been seeing this article pop up everywhere in my feed...do you know if any of this is accurate or not?
http://www.businessinsider.com/net-neutrality-portugal-how-american-internet-could-look-fcc-2017-11
Partially true, but heavily biased. The package showed in the article only applies to smartphones, and it's not an additional package, the price displayed is the total price. To specify, only "home" internet is treated as an utility.
It is, however, a much poorer offer than their competition, and from what I read in portuguese forums and social media about it, this campaign is failing hard.
thanks for the clarification. i was really curious to hear from someone from portugal about that...glad you chimed in!