Answer by prusswan for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I foresee that ISPs will work directly with Content Providers to maximize their profits. Businesses will do whatever it takes to make their money, if necessary the Content Providers may take over the...
View ArticleAnswer by Peter Taylor for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
Special thanks to Jon Chan for whipping up a dismissible banner for this, so we didn't get stuck abusing system messages for it. Feedback for the future: the banner was dismissible on a per-site...
View ArticleAnswer by BVernon for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
There are a lot of legitimate reasons for rolling back Net Neutrality that are overlooked here. If you "really" want to understand the issue from both sides then the article below is a good read to...
View ArticleAnswer by nmit026 for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I thought I'd just say this: being in New Zealand, the Great American Net Neutrality Debate seems to be a symptom of a far bigger issue with infrastructure, regulation, and competition. In short, the...
View ArticleAnswer by user1675016 for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
What can we do? The most visible thing we can do is have clear tracking of those people in charge who depend on the public's votes. If a well informed public is able to identify individuals they have...
View ArticleAnswer by user319967 for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
The recent bill is a good step forward towards net neutrality. This bill will classify the internet in a way that lets the government control what the ISPs can send over their networks rather than...
View ArticleAnswer by SDsolar for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
My answer is really simple: The network is the network. It should not be tampered with. It is layer 1 - the transport. It works, so don't fix it. If a company like Netflix pays to install caching...
View ArticleAnswer by SZN for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
Glad to see SE is standing up for this. It's a nonpartisan issue which needs everyone's support.
View ArticleAnswer by 0tyranny 0poverty for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack...
Every citizen in his right mind who understands what is going on should be Standing Up for Net Neutrality and Defending the Internet from being Piratized (more fitting term than Privatized). The...
View ArticleAnswer by ctfd for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
Stackoverflow is everything Net Neutrality isn't. This statement is ridiclous (and how I actually ended up here): "Great! Let’s hear ’em. Instead of yet another mess of blog comments that no one reads,...
View ArticleAnswer by rbaleksandar for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I would love to see an international authority of some sort that can block such bills disregarding the local laws in the country which makes these. The EU (as burouchratic and heavy-weight it is when...
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Answer by ryanpcmcquen for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I've always had trouble explaining what Net Neutrality is to people who do not work in tech. To aid in that explanation, I made this flyer which imagines a world where 'Neutrality' did not exist for...
View ArticleAnswer by l--''''''---------'''''''''''' for Net Neutrality and Stack...
If we allow any government intervention, it should be to support the free market system. If I go to the grocery store and they don't have a certain brand of milk that I want, then i will go to a...
View ArticleAnswer by T.S. for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
Who wants to really fight for net neutrality - should we not pay our bills, cancel ISP services, stop going to movies, listen to music. Sabotage these companies and services so they themselves vote for...
View ArticleAnswer by rraallvv for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
Why should I care about net neutrality if I can't watch Netflix from my country? I seems to me that the ISPs want to make their business model somewhat similar to how courier companies work today....
View ArticleAnswer by Abyx for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I'm not living in U.S., why do I see this banner on every SO site I visit, SO-on-Russian included? Upd: on every device. It is internal U.S. politics, please keep it internal. I don't want foreigners...
View ArticleAnswer by Don Branson for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
We need to present the pros in a public forum where non-technical people will see it and understand the advantages (and if any, the disadvantages) of net neutrality. Something like MYC's The FCC Should...
View ArticleAnswer by TRomano for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
So let's hear it: why should or shouldn't we all head over to https://www.battleforthenet.com/ right now and use the handy form to send a letter to the FCC? An aspect of this question which I've not...
View ArticleAnswer by Goose for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I hope it's okay to use this to ask questions to learn more about net neutrality here. A common concern I hear about net neutrality that I haven't heard properly address, is that it may make it more...
View ArticleAnswer by Peter Green for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
IMO the whole net neutrality thing is a band-aid for a bigger problem. The real problem is vertical integration. Last-mile communications to homes and small buisnesses is a natural monoploy. When...
View ArticleAnswer by Ben for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
Say No to Politics on Stack Overflow Really. Stop it with the politics. Of course it's your right to post political views on your web properties. But: Even if you are in the right, you are alienating...
View ArticleAnswer by programmer5000 for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
The practical downside for YOU Many people fail to see the practical application of this. Here it is: From the consumer side, ISPs could: charge you money to access certain sites (google, facebook,...
View ArticleAnswer by user364227 for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
According to Wikipedia, net neutrality "is the principle that internet service providers and governments regulating the Internet should treat all data on the Internet the same, not discriminating ......
View ArticleAnswer by Mecki for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
In general I agree that Net Neutrality is a good thing, or let's put it the other way round: The fundamental lack of Net Neutrality would be a very bad thing. Yeah, this way around makes more sense, as...
View ArticleAnswer by Abubakkar for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
Very good points made by Sagar V in his answer about India and how net neutrality came into focus in India. I don't understand why such companies act in a way that leads towards destruction of net...
View ArticleAnswer by Rohan Sanap for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
Why all giants coming together only for net-neutrality in US? If all the giants are coming together for this cause then why only target US? You guys have power to draw the potential of 90% of Internet...
View ArticleAnswer by Matt Cox for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I'm not going to "stand up" nor am I going to "raise my voice" - what the hell do they mean anyway? First of all, as a technophile kind of guy, my first concern is, "is this a technical issue?" if it...
View ArticleAnswer by Καrτhικ for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
For folks getting their viewpoints from insular sources (StackExchange being one of them), please consider reading these two articles written from a different viewpoint. In The FCC’s ‘Open Internet...
View ArticleAnswer by SuperJer for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
Let me preface this by stating that I am all for net neutrality. However, I am strongly against the government defining, requiring, regulating, or enforcing it. History Back in the '90s this debate...
View ArticleAnswer by Chris Johnson for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I recommend moving this discussion to a Stack Exchange forum that's germane to the topic and not pursue this as advocacy. Many people are sick to death of companies inserting themselves into political...
View ArticleAnswer by Shadow for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
What exactly are you going to do in the Day of Action, July 12? Will you have a special system wide banner with some message? Will you shut down SE for a day as sign of protest, so that the authorities...
View ArticleAnswer by Nat for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
tl;dr- Net neutrality's core economic value is that it regulates a common service that everyone uses to operate in a manner that's generally palatable to all. This saves everyone tons of...
View ArticleAnswer by candied_orange for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
Here's an attempt to distill all this down to a few sentences: I want my ISP to invest my money in making my connection faster. Not spend it finding ways to make more money by selectively making my...
View ArticleAnswer by isanae for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
why should or shouldn't we all head over to https://www.battleforthenet.com/ right now and use the handy form to send a letter to the FCC? Because we're not all Americans? Even folks who aren't based...
View ArticleAnswer by Matt for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I am against Net Neutrality. Instead of writing a long post that will be ignored and downvoted I will summarize my thoughts. Also, with all do respect to Shog9 but asking for discussion on this biased...
View ArticleAnswer by gnat for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I believe that Stack Exchange fails to serve the needs of their core community. Those interested about why I think so can find a detailed explanation here. Because of that, I am uncomfortable about SE...
View ArticleAnswer by Weckar E. for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
From how I read the proposal (and I read all of it), all this sets out to do is revert regulations to a pre-2014 state, with additional (not less) oversight from the FCC. In 2013 ISPs were not abusing...
View ArticleAnswer by Optimus Prime for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
In India Facebook introduced a scheme called Freebasics in which Facebook and some other sites will cooperate with a carrier called Reliance and provide free access to selected sites. At that time,...
View ArticleAnswer by Kevin for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
Net Neutrality is really important, and I don't disagree with your motives. But I just have to call this out: So if there's a chance at influencing the outcome of that vote, we gotta speak out now....
View ArticleAnswer by Peter Turner for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I have to admit a lot of my viewpoints are clouded by listening to the No Agenda show on the way to work. But I'm not a democrat or a republican, just a contrarian so I have to respectfully disagree...
View ArticleAnswer by user1306322 for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
What about non-US citizens? It's like the whole internet is forgetting there are people from other countries out there who don't have any say (or at least it doesn't seem like they do) in these...
View ArticleAnswer by Wildcard for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I've only found one article about Net Neutrality that clearly explains the case in favor and the case against, gives actual quotations from articulate and high-profile proponents and opponents, and...
View ArticleAnswer by Chloe for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I'm against net neutrality and luckily meta points don't matter that much as I know I will get downvoted. The problem isn't neutrality, the problem is granted monopolies, formal cartelization, over...
View ArticleAnswer by Andras Deak for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
One note regarding the execution of whatever the result will be of this discussion: make sure you're anticipating that small subset of the user base who do not agree with consensus/eventual decision....
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Answer by Ben Collins for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
As you work on the post, I think it would be useful to be very careful about how you frame the various points of fact. For example, the regulation of "common carriers" goes quite far beyond "[not]...
View ArticleAnswer by Monica Cellio for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
As you note (and as is clear from some of the comments and answers), there needs to be an educational component to this effort -- many people don't understand net neutrality in the abstract or the...
View ArticleAnswer by scriptin for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
In Russia, not only don't we have laws specifically restricting ISPs from doing such nasty things, but also Internet censorship is actively put to practice by one of our federal services, Roskomnadzor....
View ArticleAnswer by 410_Gone for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
Summary Absolutely encourage people to vote to continue the "common carrier" enforcement of ISP's. We do it for telephone companies, we should do it for all communication companies. (Including TV,...
View ArticleAnswer by Patrick Hofman for Net Neutrality and Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange
I am sorry but I have a hard time understanding how this influences Stack Overflow and me as an user of the site (from outside the US in my case). I have read the article but it is still a bit unclear...
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It's July 12th! (in Coordinated Universal Stack Exchange Time) Today we're gonna be showing a banner directing readers to the blog post (and thus, indirectly, this discussion) from every Stack...
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