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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:31 PM Original message |
Only 21 Percent Of U.S. Voters Support Net Neutrality |
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Ruperto31 (250 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't know what 'net neutrality' means anymore. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Neither does Rasmussen - the questions in this poll have nothing to do with net neutrality. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. wow a lot of people must've bought the "government takeover" line outright n/t |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sure if you ask them whether they prefer a regulated or "free" internet, they will |
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savalez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Exactly. People need to know that in this case FREE means |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. And there's no worry about what the next GOP-controlled FCC... |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Why is the left so dumb about picking frames? |
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savalez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. I think Republicans come up with great names |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Agreed . . . but progressives don't need to lie . . . |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #41 |
56. +1 |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Absurd. More double-talk at work. |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. While only 21% support it, even fewer |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Only 21% of Americans |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. +1000 n/t |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. +1 nt |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. You can never overestimate the stupidity of the American people. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Government guarantee of equal flow of information is freedom. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. Push polling. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Yep. |
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mascarax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. WHY are we still calling it "Net Neutrality"?! |
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lanlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. talk about a skewed question |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. Well, TV and radio are uncensored, by the FCC, right? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It's not even clear that BGP as currently implemented makes net neutrality possible |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Oh sure, every ISP would just have to peer with... uhm.... every other ISP. And peering point. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Heh. But my point is, when we set up BGP rules we're making non-neutral decisions |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Nonono... you'd have to peer with everybody, and give them all equal weight. |
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DisgustipatedinCA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
66. I don't think BGP would be used for QoS |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well, do you trust the next GOP administration with the power to regulate the Internet? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. They don't understand the issue. It's crap messaging, again |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Very few people understand how peering works |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think the netroots nation |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. What burns my ass is that after a rigorous battle against the ignorant |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Every spammer, and corporation with deep pockets, would benefit too. |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Ummm, OK, sure |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Remember 56K days? |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Huh? What's that got to do with...anything? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. That's how to get FCC regulated internet links. |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Lookit, |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Sherman Antitrust Act, BTW, already covers a good 95% of what NN proponents want. |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Yes, I do agree with you. But trust and self-governance can only go so far in Corporate America. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Google came out against the original FCC plan, actually. |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. ok |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
69. But they like it now |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. That's because they totally re-wrote it. |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Yes, Google, totally on their own of their own accord |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. "Should the Federal Communications Commission regulate the Internet like it does radio and TV?" NO! |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. Network Neutrality in Broadcasting is the Fairness Doctrine |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Fairness Doctrine was about two sides being pushed to you. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. What we have today in broadcasting is the very opposite of network neutrality |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. So, are you saying the Internet is dominated by right-wing corporations? |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. good point - without some sort of NN, if they have their way, the repukes will own the Internet |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. So why hasn't that happened in the last 30 years? It's not like the internet is new. |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. nothing can happen then if it hasn't happened already? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. It's been tried, and repeatedly failed, because the Internet doesn't allow it. |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. well, |
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orbitalman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. Looks to me like MOST VOTERS need to be regulated. n/t |
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Puzzledtraveller (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
63. and who decides who most voters are? |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. the question was slighted on purpose - polls are manipulated bullsh*t |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. How many of them have ever heard of IANA or ICANN?? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
39. Corporatist Propaganda works. |
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TheWebHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
44. the vast majority of voters are idiots who just don't understand argument... |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. They got just the manufactured outcome they wanted. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
50. as far as I can tell, this poll measures exactly one thing... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Interestingly enough, they named very specific regulators in their question.. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
54. Wow, that brainwashing soap is good! Leaves those minds completely void of rational thought! |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
55. lousy poll, ignorant pollsters, ignorant public |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
60. Propaganda is effective. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
62. america 79% stupid? sounds about right. nt |
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Puzzledtraveller (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. so that gives you a 3 in 4 chance of being one of the stupid, I suspect so. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. whatever that means. nt |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-01-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
67. That's because the other 79% are idiots. |
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