Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "NFKRZ" channel.

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  41. How, realistically, do you see any "small companies" setting up their own internet infrastructure? I hope you realize fiber optic cables cost literally millions of dollars per mile to install. I'm not even talking about a city, where dense sewage and water systems have to be taken into account and often make new installations impossible. The U.S. government knows this, and gave grants to the few major ISPs in the '90s and early '00s https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/broadbandgrants/comments/61BF.pdf (that is an entire book, primary sources are at the very bottom) to update their cables from copper to fiber optic. It was much cheaper than expecting multi-million dollar companies to appear out of nowhere and install their own, especially because the technology was more expensive at the time. Did they go ahead and upgrade? Of course not! (The U.S. still uses copper). The icing on the cake is, no new companies are legally allowed to directly compete in an area where these massive companies exist, courtesy of ISP lobbying. So, when net neutrality is repealed, what do you think will happen? Nothing! Comcast, Cox, and Frontier have already raised their prices across the board, and no one will be there to engage in the "free market." And even if small companies were able to intervene, what difference would that make? Out of genuine curiosity, I'd like to know specifically how you see Net Neutrality as a hindrance to competition. I'm not even trying to be a bitch, I really want to know what you think, because I can't understand it. If you could, please explain it to me step by step, how repealing NN would increase diversity of options for a consumer. Thanks.
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  42. I can see why you'd think that, but I don't think that it's fair at all to charge companies extra for more bandwidth. The monetary relationship between the three entities- ISP, Media Company, and Consumer is already established: --You, the consumer, pay the ISPs (Comcast, Verizon, AT&T) a monthly fee, so their cables can be maintained, their company staffed; etc. I will remind you again that the U.S. government gave the ISPs BILLIONS of dollars to update their cables- with fiber optic, there is room for millions of people to have a minimum of 1 Gbps download speeds, MORE than enough for Netflix and any other streaming and online services to compete. --You, the consumer, also pay the company (Netflix) for access to their service. --The companies should not have to pay ISPs extra, because that is literally extortion, which is illegal: In 2014, Verizon demanded Netflix pay extra for something that you already paid the ISP for (monthly subscription to Verizon and access to websites). Thankfully, Netflix didn't pass the price to the consumer- you- but it can't be that generous forever. Until Netflix paid up, their video quality was throttled. https://consumerist.com/2014/02/23/netflix-agrees-to-pay-comcast-to-end-slowdown/ Also, I don't know how old you are, but you must be either very old or very young, because it is extremely naive to think that cable companies (you know, for-profit organizations?) wouldn't jump at a chance to increase their earnings. In fact, it's so naive and dumb, that it's already not true: https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/12/19/comcast-cox-frontier-net-neutrality/ So yes, repealing NN *does ^^^ cost people money for no good reason, and it has literally created a cable package system for people living in most of the U.S. I only hope you live somewhere with AT&T, because they are biding their time. Also, I didn't ask you to read the whole article. I said primary sources were at the bottom. Something tells me you didn't even bother to look at the first page, because then you'd know that it wasn't about the Flying Spaghetti Monster. You really need to think more about what you believe, because from where I'm standing, it's not fleshed out, and it's all bullshit.
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