For Those In The US, Net Neutrality Vote Dec. 15th

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Pulled this off anther webstite:

The FCC is about to kill net neutrality. We’re protesting nationwide on Dec 7th to stop them. Head over to
http://www.verizonprotests.com/ for more info.
WHAT’S HAPPENING? The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just
announced its plan to slash net neutrality rules, allowing ISPs like Verizon to block apps, slow websites, and charge fees to control what you see & do online. They vote December 14th. People from across the political spectrum are outraged, so we’re planning to protest at Verizon retail stores across the country on December 7, one week before the vote and at the peak of the busy Holiday shopping season. We'll demand that our members of Congress take action to stop Verizon's puppet FCC from killing net neutrality.
WHAT’S NET NEUTRALITY? Net neutrality is the
basic principle that has made the Internet into what it is today. It prevents big Internet Service Providers (like Verizon) from charging extra fees, engaging in censorship, or controlling what we see and do on the web by throttling websites, apps, and online services.
WHY VERIZON STORES? The new chairman of the FCC, Ajit Pai, is a former top lawyer for Verizon, and the company has been spending millions on
lobbying and lawsuits to kill net neutrality so they can gauge us all for more money. By protesting at Verizon stores, we’re shining light on the corruption and demanding that our local do something about it. Only Congress has the power to stop Verizon's puppet FCC, so at the protests we'll be calling and tweeting at legislators, and in cities where it's possible we'll march from Verizon stores to lawmakers offices.
WHAT ARE OUR DEMANDS? Ajit Pai is clearly still working for Verizon, not the public. But he still has to answer to Congress. So we’re calling on our lawmakers to do their job overseeing the FCC and speak out against Ajit Pai’s plan to gut Title II net neutrality protections and give Verizon and other giant ISPs everything on their holiday wishlist.
HOW CAN I JOIN?
Click here and you’ll find an interactive map where you can see if there is already a protest planned near you. If not, you can sign up to host one, and we’ll send you materials to make it easy and help you recruit others in your area. These protests will be quick, fun, and 100% legal. If you can’t attend a protest on December 7th, you can still help defend net neutrality by calling your lawmakers and spreading the word on social media. You can also sign up to host a meeting with your members of Congress, or volunteer for our texting team to help turn people out for these protests.
 

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I hope this is the only time I'll side with Comcast on anything but I agree with repealing the NN laws.

Arbitrarily deciding that now is the time to regulate the internet because Comcast and Netflix had a minor dispute 3 years ago is gov't looking for problems to solve. Who knows what the internet will look like in 1-3-5 years.

It's like when Little Paulie boosted the power tools off Christopher's dad in Sopranos and he caught him in the middle of the night, Little Paulie told him he could tell Chris but "I wouldn't make a problem where there ain't none"
 

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it's only minor when it affects or could affect someone else.

Don't you think we should atleast have ample evidence of this being a problem before we start mandating what ISP's need to do?

Consuming video content on the internet is still a relatively new phenomenon. Look how much faster the internet is now than 10 year ago, do we really need 10,000 pages of regulations yet?

And as far as suppressing free speech or views the ISP's dont agree with or steering consumers to their sites, seems like we could wait for actual evidence of that happening first.
 

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I thought it was pretty funny too. Dont fuck with a man tryin to get a burger!
 

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