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The issue with raising rates across the board is Netflix like any work corp has issues transferring funds from one country into the other due to huge corp taxes. Its while most corps stash their cash in save havens like Ireland. If countries were smart they would have zero taxes on corporate wealth transferred in.
 

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My prices are still down low here in japan

Netflix could raise prices in all countries by a little to make up for the big increase they will get from the american side. I'm sure its the same across the board as a business tactic i could see this happening. The less money people need to pay the less people will ask questions or stop paying for it.
Would it not stifle innovation and competiton if only multi-nationals can offer afford to run the best service?
 

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. . .and with the fall of net neutrality they could still block the traffic for what-ever reason.
That is exactly the issue. We have already seen places like Google and Facebook alter access in attempts to force feed people news, etc. This is a mind control issue.

I believe we still have congress and if a new president comes into office in 2020 that is in favor of Net Neutrality this can all be reversed, all they would have to do is sign their name on a paper and show their work to the camera like a preschooler..
POTUS had nothing to do with this.
 
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It would be more like what this guy described on twitter.
Interesting read. Explains a lot.

Although I still stand by my thought that EA would totally charge for connection speed. They just don't need Net Neutrality to fall to do it.
 
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A happy Shout-out to Sirus7264 for helping me out with a NOX, which I've upgraded to a Herald. Concerning NN: Xist's explanation seems to make sense. But no one has explained this: Why has my internet been worse AFTER Net Neutrality? I pay for an expensive service, but it's unreliable, often down to a crawl, couple times a wk seems like. When I built my house in late 2012 and signed up for the fastest internet I could get, I had no issues. All my issues hv cropped up in the last couple yrs. I hv an expensive router, but what good is this when internet service is unreliable? My household hasn't grown - it's just me. And I'm never on more than one device at a time. Never had issues pre-Net Neutrality. What's going on? When I think back to the mid 2000's, I can't EVER remember having any problems. Previously, I've gotten the service I paid for. Not so anymore. I have no problem paying what I'm paying for super-fast service, but I want it to be reliable. Is it possibly because we all have to drive a Yugo now? I prefer to pay a little extra so I can drive a Maxima. I agree with those here who say many consumers are pulling the Cable Plug (satellite too) and finding alternatives. But WHY are people pulling the Plug? Because Big Cable (or Satellite) has not adapted & innovated. They still have this antiquated biz model where you have to choose a pkg which incl 50 or 60 channels you DO NOT want or watch. How about a pkg where I can select about a dozen channels, the ONLY ones I will ever watch, and then charge me a few dollars per channel? I don't buy music CDs anymore b/c I usually only want 1 or 2 tracks. THAT's innovation. CHOICE is the answer. Choice means competition. Guess what happens to JC Penney, K-Mart, Radio Shack and other companies who once dominated in their respective spheres, but who failed to innovate, failed to see what their customers wanted? THEY FAIL. Innovation is driven by competition. If the FCC really wants to help us, prevent these monopolies, prevent mega-mergers. Monopolies prevent competition. AT&T/Time Warner, Disney/FOX, Apple/Netflix... all trying to merge. Yet competition is what really creates innovation & drives consumer prices down. I change my electricity provider EVERY 12 mos. Too much competition not to, so I always take the best 12-mo deal. But I do remember a time when there was no choice in power providers. Deregulation solved this. I feel sorry for the people who don't have deregulation where they live. But you can change that, it starts with who you vote into your statehouse. People always talk about deregulation being bad, that all the options will merely confuse people. Well I don't mind spending 15-20 minutes once every 12 mos to review the various options all the retail providers are peddling, then I make my choice. For me, deregulation & choice has absolutely meant lower energy bills. People always want to bring up greed. But what is greed other than human nature? Milton Friedman perhaps explains it better than me:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bvK9MEcpts
 
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Xist's explanation seems to make sense. But no one has explained this: Why has my internet been worse AFTER Net Neutrality? I pay for an expensive service, but it's unreliable, often down to a crawl altogether, couple times a week seems like. When I built my house in late 2012 and signed up for the fastest internet I could get, I had no issues. All my issues hv cropped up in the last couple years. I have an expensive router, but what good is this when the internet service is unreliable? My household hasn't grown. It's just me. And I'm never on more than one device at a time. Never had issues pre-Net Neutrality. What's going on?
The two likely have no correlation. You're presuming there would be a cause and effect relation, and there is no evidence for this. Likewise, a sample of one is never a statistically valid sample. This is what is called "anecdotal evidence". There's no way to tell what your problem really is without looking at the details. Probably has nothing to do with regulation.
 

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What, chuckle brothers was around when I was younger,
I’m not that young
And the Chuckle Brothers aren't that old. I mean, yes, they are aged now but they were still making their TV series ChuckleVision up to 2009, it ran from 1987 for 22 years with 21 seasons.
 
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