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ChisolmTrailDem

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23. Nobody in this thread has said it's a good thing nor has anyone shaken pom-poms over it. But

Sat May 10, 2014, 04:36 PM

May 2014

what has been said is that maybe it's not as bad as some are making it out to be.

I was told the Internet as you and I have known it won't change. By someone I trust and with whom I have done business for years. I am, however, in stand-by, wait-and-see mode as my livelihood depends on being competitive with a deliverable website to my costumers. And I am only one online business amongst a million online businesses who, I am sure, are all checking with their web host companies just as I am. If it's that bad, where is the outrage from that million businesses and the millions of people that work for them?

Is there any chance the issue has reached an hysteria that is confined to the online world of hysteria- and controversy-driven discussion - as many other such issues have borne out?

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The Summer That Will Change the Internet Forever [View all] Armstead May 2014 OP

If the basic speed is fine, what is the problem with an optional fast lane, paid for by the Fred Sanders May 2014 #1

Because the basic speed (bandwidth) will need to be increased over time to handle extra demand. Armstead May 2014 #2

You dont seem to have a clue. If the cable companies can decide who gets fast and who gets slow rhett o rick May 2014 #3

Slow lanes moondust May 2014 #7

It's a barrier to innovation - a new company has to pay extra to establish itself muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #11

My web hosting company says all the hysteria in that post is unfounded. Which makes me question ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #4

your web hosting company lol. what else would they say nt msongs May 2014 #5

I'm sure that Charles Manson also feels he's a victim of hysteria. mbperrin May 2014 #8

Well, we shall see. I'm told all that is happening is that the telcos are going to open the dark ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #9

And who is your ISP? Perhps they are sincere --or they're lying through their teeth Armstead May 2014 #10

^^^this KG May 2014 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #16

Providing information that I was given is "snide" and "condescending"? Your... ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #17

Disagreement is one thing -- you were not simply poviding information Armstead May 2014 #19

Hysteria and knee jerk hate of anything to do with corporations by some is getting boring. Fred Sanders May 2014 #12

Well, Adam Smith felt that corporations were inevitably a bad way to do business: mbperrin May 2014 #15

Don't worry, be happy Armstead May 2014 #20

Nobody in this thread has said it's a good thing nor has anyone shaken pom-poms over it. But ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #23

It's not hysterical to try to get you to consider the possibility that.... Armstead May 2014 #27

My web host is not as large as Host Gator or GoDaddy, but they do host hundreds of ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #28

Obviosly you dont choose to look into it any further, which is sad Armstead May 2014 #30

Oh, you misunderstand and you have it backwards. The reason we're talking about it is because ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #31

You're obviously free to challenge the DU status quo... Armstead May 2014 #32

Well said. mbperrin May 2014 #25

Not sure if I've replied to your threads...said most of my piece on this topic in response to ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #29

Okay, please allow me a little analysis. mbperrin May 2014 #13

So, if I am using a website to sell widgets, how does this effect me? Let's go a bit further... ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #18

THOSE are the exact details that we need. mbperrin May 2014 #24

For your average, content-medium webpage... Shandris May 2014 #26

Bandwidth is a finite resoruce unless there is investment in it Armstead May 2014 #33

I'f rather not wait until it is too late to find out Armstead May 2014 #21

I do remember the huge surplus of fibre optic that only a few years ago was said to be so Fred Sanders May 2014 #34

Yes, that's right, ladies and gentlemen, Unknown Beatle May 2014 #6

Without net neutrality, you will only see what rich people want you to see. Taitertots May 2014 #22