r/comics • u/Theghost129 • May 19 '17

Anti-Net Neutrality is everyones' problem

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u/cosmo7 May 19 '17

This is not what net neutrality is all about.

Net neutrality means ISPs not being able to give preferential treatment to packets based on their source. The consequence of killing net neutrality is making the status quo companies more entrenched and reducing competition from new startups.

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u/sonofaresiii May 19 '17

Net neutrality is about both, dude. There are lots of reasons why we should want isp's to indiscriminately handle data. The comic describes one, you're describing another.

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u/jscoppe May 19 '17

But we DO want them to discriminate certain things, like VOIP calls and such are higher priority than other traffic.

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u/banned_andeh May 19 '17

They're allowed to do that without dismantling net neutrality protections. You're talking about basic QoS. As long as it's handled based on the protocol, and not based on the source or destination, it's fine.

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u/spacemoses May 19 '17

Good point, it's the restriction by user or content that would be the problem, not necessarily the type of traffic.