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Undertoad · 05-24-2019, 10:53 AM

something else struck me just now. the vice versa of the above is actually true: eliminating free market choices should actually permit net neutrality violations!

If Comcast and Verizon believe that they have a competitive "lock-in" condition with their customers -- then they have no reason not to implement actual blocking and filtering for their own profits, right now.

If customers can't leave, there is no reason not to charge them for access to sections of the Internet. If customers can't leave, there is no reason not to block competitors.

We're close to the one year anniversary of the end of net neutrality rules. Comcast charges its customers for telephone services. tw, why is Comcast NOT blocking other voice services? We know they have the ability. They now have the legislative conditions, AND, according to you, the market conditions, where they could do that at any time.

So why haven't they?

Hint: SpaceX's test launch did not fail and did successfully launch their first 60 low-orbit satellites.

05-24-2019, 10:53 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	something else struck me just now. the vice versa of the above is actually true: eliminating free market choices should actually permit net neutrality violations! If Comcast and Verizon believe that they have a competitive "lock-in" condition with their customers -- then they have no reason *not* to implement actual blocking and filtering for their own profits, right now. If customers can't leave, there is no reason not to charge them for access to sections of the Internet. If customers can't leave, there is no reason not to block competitors. We're close to the one year anniversary of the end of net neutrality rules. Comcast charges its customers for telephone services. tw, why is Comcast NOT blocking other voice services? We know they have the ability. They now have the legislative conditions, AND, according to you, the market conditions, where they could do that at any time. So why haven't they? Hint: SpaceX's test launch did not fail and did successfully launch their first 60 low-orbit satellites.