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Originally Posted by Gary7
Ted Cruz is against Net Neutrality ... meaning "....it is okay with Cruz to put Comcast and AOL and other major ISPs in charge of determining internet pricing, terms of service, and what types of products and services can be delivered, leading to fewer choices, fewer opportunities, and higher prices for consumers .... and allowing for a slow lane for consumers on the internet which will operate at the speed of government."
As a reminder from a previous post of mine:
If someone does not want the government involved with the internet, then this same person supports the actions of Comcast and AT&T in the following four examples of violations of net neutrality:
- In 2007 Comcast blocked people from sharing digital files of the King James Bible and public-domain song recordings. (Fox News)
- In 2007, Comcast started blocking its customers from trading files on BitTorrent (peer-to-peer file sharing) by intercepting the data transmitted between the user downloading a file and the file’s host website and thus disconnecting the user from the host. (Fox News)
- In April 2012, Netflix charged that Comcast was restricting access to popular online video sites, in order to promote Comcast's own Xfinity TV service, giving Comcast product an unfair advantage against other Internet video services. (PC Magazine)
- In September 2012, AT&T was accused of violating net-neutrality rules, by restricting use of the video-conferencing Apple application "FaceTime" to certain customers. The application which could be used over Wi-Fi signals was restricted to only be used over cellular connection for customers who have a shared data plan on AT&T and excludes those with older unlimited or tiered data plans. (New York Times).
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You said the above examples were violations of net neutrality. Is net neutrality already written into law?
If not then my follow up question is this: Isn't it true that you only get what you pay for? For example, I don't get all telephone services from my telephone company. I only get what I sign up for and pay for. And if the service is not satisfactory, I have the option of switching, and that will cause companies to compete, thereby bring them into reasonable alignment with acceptable service standards.