Net Neutrality takes takes a big blow

[Medius]

[Mr.Bill]

LOL... Funny this comes up now...

About a year ago I brought this up here, that I live in an area with 100,000's of people yet I have only TWO internet provider choices... Time Warner and Verizon.. No one else because the telecom companies have carved up the cities and neighborhoods.. These bastards are already ripping people off.. Comcast and Optimum are within blocks, but not where I live.. I can't get ATT here either even though I CAN get ATT phone service..

Anyway because I just got Roku so I decided to bite the bullet and up my internet from DSL to FIOS( Verizon would NOT up my DSL speed, they forced me to go to FIOS)... I go back and forth with them, and work out a decent deal.. Here's the kicker, I only wanted Internet, but noooooo I had to take a 'package'.. I have DirecTV, and I am not dropping them, so I had to take the Internet and Phone package... Even though I in no way wanted, or use my land-line phone anymore.. The 1 women I talked to told me to just unplug it if I didn't want to use it, but I had to take the [hone and pay for it..

Isn't the free market a wonderful thing? LOL

[Leviathan]

Yea, cable monopolies are the worst. I can't wait for google to deliver us from that hell hole.

Google Fiber to NYC in 2016!!!! *Defeats Hillary clinton*

[Mr.Bill]

[Gremlin]

In less then a generation DARPAnet will be antiquated and forever out of reach from control freaks.

[Dylan]

i think my only option is time warner (which sucks) and i live in a very dense area. such bullshit.

[The Dharma Bum]

Why do these private companies "own" the internet? They didn't create it. All they they are is parasites who have used a tool at their disposal, your government, to make you easier for them to parasitize.

[uebermann]

[Mr.Bill]

Yes I know about the costs, etc... But I'm talking about a matter of running their equipment only a few blocks that have hundreds, maybe thousands of potential customers, yet other providers won't move in..

Also explain that ATT HAS the equipment, lines, etc. in my neighborhood for phones, but NOT DSL.. DSL travels on the phones lines.. Verizon spent millions putting FIOS in my neighborhood, but in the very same city they ignored other neighborhoods.. The neighborhoods they ignored were neighborhoods they were NOT in before, they only upgraded in neighborhoods they were already in...

AND I DO NOT have other options.. I looked and looked and looked... Just Verizon and TW, that's all.. I don't live in the mountains, I live 90 mins. north of NYC.. Where I am they've carved up the neighborhoods, IMO that's obvious.. In other cities and neighborhoods with less people I can see where costs are a huge consideration.. But where I am, nope.. I smell a rat(s)..

[uebermann]