Do you think today's repeal of Net Neutrality is good, bad, or a combination of both?

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Response by CPT Jack Durish made Dec 14 at 2017 6:54 PM

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A fair question. I fear that it is a bad thing, in fact a very bad thing. What surprises me is that it will greatly mute the very voices that helped this Administration win its election. Thus, it seems a very unwise move on their part

Response by CA Delete D. made Dec 14 at 2017 7:23 PM

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Bad. Will only serve to control Information flow and provide efficient transmissions for those who have the excess income to toss around. Besides, I wonder what this will do for encryption capabilities, etc. This just seems like another bullshit way to widen the wealth gap, deprive smaller economies of necessary bandwidth and slow progress for the sake of corporate greed. Given the need for widespread internet access to interact as we do in the modern world, shouldn't internet svc be priced more affordably?

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Dec 14 at 2017 7:30 PM

2017-12-14T19:30:31-05:00

SFC Josh Billingsley Bad, More Power for the ISPs less for the Customers. Prices Going Up, Quality Going Down Overall.

Response by SSgt Gary Andrews made Dec 14 at 2017 7:34 PM

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I'm afraid Trump is so locked into the idea that all regulations are bad, and anything Obama did is bad, that he will end up killing some regs that he should leave well enough alone. This may be one of those. There is room to trim back regulations, but he needs to be selective.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 14 at 2017 7:45 PM

2017-12-14T19:45:33-05:00

Wait. Didn't we have the internet before Obama? The law was in effect for 2 years. What was its intended purpose? Some snowflakes will state the sky is falling while others believe it is a good thing to reduce government influence and instead allow the free market to work and allow the People to decide.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 14 at 2017 7:48 PM

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Bad. Despite what Ajit and the FCC try to claim, ISPs are not going to try to revolutionize their services. They're going to nickel and dime the consumer for everything they can get away with. Comcast has already been doing it for years.

Response by SFC Stephen P. made Dec 14 at 2017 8:01 PM

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More good than bad, but overall: meh.

The FCC is an agency whose sole function is to restrict communication. I do not get warm fuzzy feelings about them trying to regulate the behavior of quasi-monopolies that were the direct result of government regulation.

Remove government (especially local) from the telecom industry and competition will increase, thereby expanding consumer choice, thereby eliminating the perceived need for government enforced neutrality.

Response by SP5 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 14 at 2017 8:16 PM

2017-12-14T20:16:26-05:00

SFC Josh Billingsley The original "net neutrality" was a case of the govt telling private industry what it had to do with private resources, without compensating the providers - sort of a takeover approach. So, repeal, in effect, restores private property to its original owners, and allows the owners to make their own business decisions. I leave it to others to make a value judgement.

Response by MSgt Richard Randall made Dec 14 at 2017 8:45 PM

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The term “Net Neutrality” is very deceptive. There is really nothing “neutral” about it. The Obama administration placed ISPs under FCC Title II regulations meaning the internet infrastructure would be governed as a public utility. I worked for a telecom provider for a few years and had to deal with Title II with various state PUCs. What a freaking nightmare. Title II, combined with Sarbanes-Oxley, caused so much overhead it was difficult to make a profit. The bottom line is, once the government gets their grubby mitts on the internet infrastructure they’ll be the ones calling the shots. They’ll be able to regulate content, delivery locations as well as delivery speed. Smaller ISPs will not be able to survive because the overhead will be too great. There were no complaints about the internet access or speed before 2015 but Obama figured there was a goldmine in hidden taxes and fees to be had if they could snag onto the net.

Response by LT Brad McInnis made Dec 14 at 2017 9:58 PM

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My problem with the sky is falling crowd on this... if there is such a huge problem, why didn't Obama deal with it earlier in his term, or Clinton? Why can I still get on the internet with no problems since its inception? Does anyone remember how expensive long distance telephone calls were when the gov't was in charge of regulating Title II? Now, under free market, long distance is cheap. The same would have happened under Net Neutrality, rising costs and limited access.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 15 at 2017 1:43 AM

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Gawd Awful. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 15 at 2017 8:56 AM

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I would say that you'll have to wait and see, but since this Net Neutrality regualtion has only been in effect for about 2 years and I never had a problem with my internet before the regulation not sure we will see any difference.

Response by SSG Robert Webster made Dec 15 at 2017 9:38 AM

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https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/23/the-fccs-case-against-net-neutrality-rests-on-a-fundamental-deliberate-misunderstanding-of-how-the-internet-works/?ncid=tcdaily&utm_medium=TCnewsletter

The FCC’s case against net neutrality rests on a deliberate misrepresentation of how the internet...

The FCC has just published the notice of proposed rulemaking that would roll back the 2015 Open Internet Order establishing net neutrality. Their first and..

Response by SPC David Willis made Dec 15 at 2017 9:40 AM

2017-12-15T09:40:49-05:00

I'm against anything that allows the sole ISP in my area to dictate what I can and cant consume. Also since its not being taxed anymore that means prices will drop right? Of course not because the ruling isn't about consumers its about corporations...

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 15 at 2017 10:09 AM

2017-12-15T10:09:09-05:00

BAD !! our internet is already slow compared to Europe, but now they gonna mess with us even more ???? BS I say.

Response by CSM Richard StCyr made Dec 15 at 2017 10:14 AM

2017-12-15T10:14:09-05:00

I find it odd that before net neutrality we had the internet and it worked pretty good, this morning when I turned on the computer and checked the news and now rally point I was shocked to discover that again without net neutrality the internet was still running and working pretty well.
Sort of like the Mayan calendar and Y2K we hit 2000 and everything still ran and passed 2012 and the earth still turned.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 15 at 2017 1:22 PM

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At the end of the day, I think all of this was much ado about nothing.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 15 at 2017 4:45 PM

2017-12-15T16:45:26-05:00

Good. I find the things that we are tild are bad will ultimately redound to the benefit of consumers, not their detriment.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 15 at 2017 5:29 PM

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If Facebook and Google and liberals don't like it, it must be a good thing.

Response by SFC Christopher Taggart made Dec 15 at 2017 9:53 PM

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I think what's going to happen now is, cable companies and whomever else wants to get their hands in the pot, will now charge even more outrageous prices, and the little people are the ones that's going to take the hit for all this mess.

Response by GySgt Charles O'Connell made Dec 16 at 2017 4:29 PM

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Holy Crap!! People will have to start going to the library and reading books, may even talking to one another face to face.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Dec 17 at 2017 12:53 PM

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In theory, "Net Neutrality" is the notion that ISPs can't throttle back stuff. That's rather nearsighted as people pay for whatever bandwidth they want. Gamers want/need more than mom and pop web surfers. It doesn't make sense for ISPs to put the brakes on NETFLIX and risk the consumer class action of "I've paid for 50Mbs and don't have 4K NETFLIX". That's the problem of overselling bandwidth that tanks during the prime time hours. The trick is to have competition. Problem is if you're rural, that can be tough. Personally I didn't see a difference either way when this stuff happened. It's likely more emotional noise than anything else. However, I'm willing to sit and see the actual results over time. I'm rural and the latest and best speed is from (gag) Frontier. Fiber to 1 mile away from the house and they ADSL it from there so I'm 11Mbs at best. For the same $49/month I can get 100Mbs in say Spokane Valley. That's the real problem of ISPs not keeping up with what people want and are willing to pay a bit more for. Time will tell. If the ISPs are smart, they'll do stuff over the next two years to demonstrate how heavy handed regulations stifle what you can have. That'd be the best preemptive strike vs. encouraging a legislative "fix".

Response by SFC David Stansbury made Jan 28 at 2018 8:01 PM

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Net Neutralilty = Government Control of Information = Thought Police!

Response by Capt Joseph Olson made Jan 29 at 2018 12:17 PM

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The repeal is necessary. In both the short and long run the PUBLIC benefits.

Response by SPC David Willis made Jan 29 at 2018 12:38 PM

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What's ironic is there is talk from his administration in regards to federalizing 5G cell service. It would be hard to rationalize the repeal of NN while turning around and doing the same thing to cell service.

Response by SSG Steven Lemon made Feb 5 at 2018 6:45 AM

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I couldn't begin to formulate a proper response to that question until I figure out how my Internet experience changed when Obama imposed net neutrality and how it changed when it was repealed.

I didn't even know what it was until it was repealed.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2018 4:27 PM

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Without net neutrality your content can be restricted without you ever knowing it - free markets are not so fair when consumers are being manipulated - "There's a sucker born every minute."

Response by AN Ron Wright made Feb 11 at 2018 10:59 PM

2018-02-11T22:59:02-05:00

both it should never be a utility regulated by government

Response by SGT Walter Lester made Feb 18 at 2018 11:30 AM

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When the government is involved in any business it all goes to hell. The word neutrality is used just like the government uses the word transparent. When they are used, "look out" because something bad is going to happen. I'm a webmaster and I see and come across these rules every day. I have to review everything said, posted and etc. It can't be political ,it can't be profane, it has to have permission from the next of kin.The list goes on. Freedom of speach doesn't go far with these controls.

Response by PO3 Hannah Moss made Mar 8 at 2018 9:54 PM

2018-03-08T21:54:34-05:00

It's a bad thing. Net neutrality was put in place after multiple occasions of companies slowing down websites for monetary gain out of our pockets. Netflix had to pay out to companies to avoid their site being slowed down while they were growing. Skype was blocked from use for many, many people because it competed with other chatting apps. Families were unable to video chat with eachother. Net neutrality was regulation placed on big businesses as customer protection. It gave us access to ALL of the internet, without apps suddenly "not working" on us or pages "timing out".
Yes, we had internet before net neutrality laws were in place... and then that internet got to be better and safer WITH the laws.
Repealing it allows the internet companies to continue their control, holding the internet hostage from baby companies like they did for Netflix when it was just starting out online. It is horrible for small business. It's horrible for our wallets. It's horrible for any family who's video chat may cut out while daddy says hi to kids he can't see from the Middle East.