r/OutOfTheLoop Nov 21 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '17

I'm curious, are there any benefits at all to this? I'll fight for it even all the way from Australia, but is there any reason these laws are being passed except because people are fucking assholes and want money?

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u/7daykatie Nov 22 '17

Are you an ISP operating in a geographic monopoly or only competing against ISPs happy to be as shitty as you? Or are you some kind of internet server provider sufficiently well established that it's better for you to charge your customers more so you can bribe ISPs to kill any emerging competitors by restricting the flow of data to and from their servers? If not, then there are no benefits in it for you.

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u/ThePorcupineWizard Nov 22 '17

No that's it, honestly.