FCC Approves New Net Neutrality Rules

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I have went from 40mbps to 70mps in 1 1/2 years down here for the same price. Every time someone else comes into the market and offers more bandwidth for cheaper, TWC bumps up their bandwidth.

Let the free market rein. Seems like that would be straight out of the Republican dogma.

Um that seems to conflict with some of your other posts. Just saying....

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Um that seems to conflict with some of your other posts. Just saying....

This is not about companies. Or about their right to charge whatever they want to charge for that bandwidth. They are free to charge whatever they want for their bandwidth. It just has to charge every customer the same rate and not throttle their content unless they pay more than everyone else. And if you don't pay more.....we will throttle you and ruin your business, so pay us pal or else. If every company is doing this to every customer, there is no fair market.

Again, maybe its a Fox News misinformation thing, It's about double charging for that bandwidth. And huge corporations being able to buy up all the bandwidth and squeeze out small businesses.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Again, maybe its a Fox News misinformation thing, It's about double charging for that bandwidth. And huge corporations being able to buy up all the bandwidth and squeeze out small businesses.

Exactly. Had this law not gone into effect, massive corporations with virtually unlimited resources could put the little internet guy out of business quickly.

So for now, it remains a level playing field.

[GloucesterChief]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Exactly. Had this law not gone into effect, massive corporations with virtually unlimited resources could put the little internet guy out of business quickly.

So for now, it remains a level playing field.

The myth of a non government sanctioned predatory monopoly. Not going to happen. If a monopoly becomes predatory without government protection and sanction the raising of prices signals that there is a death of supply, so new competition enters the market.

There hasn't been a monopoly that has been predatory towards consumers without government intervention and protection.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

The myth of a non government sanctioned predatory monopoly. Not going to happen. If a monopoly becomes predatory without government protection and sanction the raising of prices signals that there is a death of supply, so new competition enters the market.

There hasn't been a monopoly that has been predatory towards consumers without government intervention and protection.

I'll take fringe nut job opinions for $1000, Alex.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

The myth of a non government sanctioned predatory monopoly. Not going to happen. If a monopoly becomes predatory without government protection and sanction the raising of prices signals that there is a death of supply, so new competition enters the market.

There hasn't been a monopoly that has been predatory towards consumers without government intervention and protection.

Bullshit.

I watched Guitar Center go public and wipe out every mom and pop store on Sunset and Ventura boulevards, then proceed to do it across the country. Their tactics are Mafia-like aim to crush every single Internet seller, large or small.

Had this not passed, GC could have bought bandwidth in order to further crush their competition.

[GloucesterChief]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Bullshit.

I watched Guitar Center go public and wipe out every mom and pop store on Sunset and Ventura boulevards, then proceed to do it across the country. Their tactics are Mafia-like aim to crush every single Internet seller, large or small.

Had this not passed, GC could have bought bandwidth in order to further crush their competition.

So it is not that Guitar Center provided a service or product that people wanted to buy and found at least similar enough to their smaller competition that people didn't mind?

They suddenly got all this money out of the ether right?

Please, if people didn't like Guitar Center no matter how many stores they put out of business they wouldn't be making money.

You may not personally like the results of the free market but that doesn't mean it isn't working.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

So it is not that Guitar Center provided a service or product that people wanted to buy and found at least similar enough to their smaller competition that people didn't mind?

They suddenly got all this money out of the ether right?

Please, if people didn't like Guitar Center no matter how many stores they put out of business they wouldn't be making money.

You may not personally like the results of the free market but that doesn't mean it isn't working.

Their purchasing power afforded them discounts on the same exact instruments that the Mom & Pop competitors sold, which allowed them to undercut their competitors until they were forced to close their doors.

Once their competitors were gone, they raised their prices.

Customers lose.

[mdchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Bullshit.

I watched Guitar Center go public and wipe out every mom and pop store on Sunset and Ventura boulevards, then proceed to do it across the country. Their tactics are Mafia-like aim to crush every single Internet seller, large or small.

Had this not passed, GC could have bought bandwidth in order to further crush their competition.

It's because of those damn kids you see at Guitar Center, isn't it? They hire pros to look like really skilled kids to draw in the customers and raise profits. You don't see that outside mom and pop stores all the time, do you?