net neutrality
 

i see this plastered all over the webs and we havent had any discussion here... wtf is this and is it good or bad?


on the one hand i see dipshits supporting it. on the other hand it sounds good if i understand it correctly. basically it means the internet companies cant allot more bandwidth to certain websites that pay them like google, yahoo, etc right?

that's the way i understand it. i think it would be very bad to make the internet preferential based on a profit driven system. Not that it's bad for corporations to make money, but i'm just saying.

as if netphoria isnt slow enough as it is...

i guess theoretically google could pay them for better bandwidth allowing them to actually invest in more hardware which would make part of the internet faster and none slower


i know id hate if serious business places like microsoft's website were regulated to be just as laggy as anywhere else

YouTube is responsible for 10% of the worldwide internet traffic. Holy shit. :erm:

What's your source for this? I'm not skeptical, just curious.

Source.

I.e.

I thought it also allowed for the opposite, providers could charge for faster/better access to sites.

^ it does. It's a terrible idea where only the big guys will survive as it punishes startups without the same capital.