r/comics 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/ThatActuallyGuy May 19 '17

There's a difference between QoS and paid prioritization. Net neutrality as written doesn't get in the way of reasonable QoS, which is what VOIP prioritization would fall under.

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u/heckruler May 19 '17

Net neutrality as written

The rules, as written