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MrPurple

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11. Right wing message board morons saying how reversing Obama's net neutrality is pro free market
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 05:38 PM
Jan 2018

That would possibly be true if everyone had a dozen broadband providers to choose from and they were free to choose the one that doesn't throttle any content. However, in reality, where you only have one cable provider to choose from it just means that you're at the mercy of the corporate deals they make and subject to their whims of what content they want to suppress. When you have one provider of a basic service, it's regulation that assures your rights.

I understand why Comcast and Verizon and the politicians that are in their pocket want to do away with net neutrality, but the random morons who claim to be like very smart who think this is a good idea baffle me.

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