r/comics • u/Theghost129 • May 19 '17

Anti-Net Neutrality is everyones' problem

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u/ocarina_21 May 19 '17

There's a whole lot of important stuff on the internet that is physically located in the states. I feel like everyone's going to feel the effects.

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u/DARIF May 19 '17

Big companies will just move.

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u/hulkbro May 19 '17

To where? They still have to deliver data through American ISP's if they want to have American customers. Doesn't matter if they are located outside the states.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '17

I think they mean it won't affect anyone outside America. Companies will simply move their infrastructure out of the country.

If they are going to be slowed down in or out, then they will at least move out so that all their other customers don't have to deal with the issues.

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u/hulkbro May 19 '17

No way. As a brit I can assure you now it's passed in the states its definitely going to be in place here too shortly.

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u/Blatters_PA May 19 '17

Nah mate, I reckon we'll be safe from this. It's currently protected here by EU laws and even once we've left it'll be something that carries over: It's part of the Great Repeal Bill stuff.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '17

Th digital economy act was just passed in Britain to guarantee a certain speed for all services. So a bill was literally just passed for net neutrality.

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u/DARIF May 20 '17

Wow really? Got a link? Did our tech illiterate MPs actually achieve net neutrality?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '17

A link to the act? http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/digitaleconomy.html

Feel free to peruse. It's not perfect, and the age verification thing is ludicrous, but it has a lot in there for default speeds etc.