F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules [A real thread]

[MagicManICT]

That was before the NBC-Universal/Comcast merger. I'm not entirely sure where their stance is now on fee collection. (TBH, I'm surprised that merger went through.) I've not dug through the balance sheets (I'll leave that to accounting eggheads), but I think I can say that Comcast makes more than enough money to expand what they need to expand as all their expansion are in urban areas. They don't serve low population towns and rural areas. But then how much are the losing the sheer size of their corporate bureaucracy now?

This is all going to have a long shakeout as lawsuits are already being filed, plus there's the possibility of congressional action on it. While the FCC can make rules and regulations dealing with how the airwaves and broadcast media function (and as a result, telecomm services) if there are no other presiding laws, the ultimate decider on rules is congress and the White House. More than once before congress has changed laws and the way the FCC functions. There's strong talk about at least the Senate flipping in the next election, even if not the House, so there's that possibility, too.

Add to that there are already consumer advocacy laws in place to prevent the worst of potential scams and ripoffs, but it takes time and money to prove a company is wrongdoing while they continue to get away with robbery.

[drakesaint]

[Granger]

... Comcast makes more than enough money ...

We're talking about capitalism, 'more than enough' will never ever be enough.

[MagicManICT]

... Comcast makes more than enough money ...

We're talking about capitalism, 'more than enough' will never ever be enough.

Quite true! After all, what used to be the "millionaire club" 40-50 years ago is now the "billionaire club" and I expect in the next decade or so, we'll see our first trillionaire. After all, there was this from a couple months ago: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/18/169-bil ... -list.html (apologies to those that can't access that link, but I think the title says it all.)

[drakesaint]

... Comcast makes more than enough money ...

We're talking about capitalism, 'more than enough' will never ever be enough.

Quite true! After all, what used to be the "millionaire club" 40-50 years ago is now the "billionaire club" and I expect in the next decade or so, we'll see our first trillionaire

You had the first trillionaire several decades ago. Those "rankings" ommit monarchies and royal families.

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NN can go jump off a cliff. no one wants that shit. its all about money.

... Comcast makes more than enough money ...

We're talking about capitalism, 'more than enough' will never ever be enough.

BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY GREEDY FUCKS THAT WONT EVEN TOUCH HALF THE MONEY THEY OWN. ITS BS. i mean for real their kids kids kids wont even touch the money they have bc they have so much of it already. why not spread it out and give back to the economy. FUCK CAPITALISM

(BUNCH OF GREEDY FUCKS)

i really wish their were more good people out there that would rather help others out than to feel their own pockets. i hate it so much..

[drakesaint]

FUCK CAPITALISM

Put down the sickle and the hammer. Over 100 million already died because of that shit rhetoric.

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FUCK CAPITALISM

Put down the sickle and the hammer. Over 100 million already died because of that shit rhetoric.

i am a US citizen. and i think capatalism is BS. im sorry but something is fucked up with the way our country is ran when there is no middle class anymore.. we have poor and rich. no in between bc the rich get so many tax cuts while the poor people pay waaaay more than they should.. if everyone would come together and look at each other as equal then there would be no issues. socialism/communion is a GREAT thing in a perfect world.

[MagicManICT]

There's still a middle class here, but what was a goal of prior administrations to strengthen the position of the average working person, it seems the current goal of the GOP and administration is to erode it for their own benefit.

When Trump said "Lets make America great again!" nobody that voted for him realized he wanted to make it like the world his immigrant grandparents lived in where the robber barons controlled all the money, the average person worked 12-14 hours a day just to feed their family, and slavery was the rule. Fuck your medical care! You breed like rabbits and I can replace your no training job with your kids when you die.

[drakesaint]

FUCK CAPITALISM

Put down the sickle and the hammer. Over 100 million already died because of that shit rhetoric.

i am a US citizen. and i think capatalism is BS.

What the fuck are you doing in US then? Venezuela, North Korea and Cuba don't operate under capitalism, why do you hate capitalism and instead chose to live in the most capitalist country in the world?

im sorry but something is fucked up with the way our country is ran when there is no middle class anymore.. we have poor and rich. no in between bc the rich get so many tax cuts while the poor people pay waaaay more than they should..

Is that so? Why is the middle class strangled? Why are they gone? Who let this happen? When you look at who killed the middle class, its the same people with your speech pattern.

if everyone would come together and look at each other as equal then there would be no issues. socialism/communion is a GREAT thing in a perfect world.

You have to be extremely presumptious to believe that you live in a perfect world. Just another naive encloistered kid that never left his oyster.