Isp Pros And Cons

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Well, my day starts when I wake up from my daily nightmares about the FCC's ridiculous rollback of net neutrality laws. This move, pushed by Ajit Pai, was directly tied to the economy due to its intent: to allow ISPs the "freedom" to throttle internet traffic in such a way that certain services and companies (provided that they can pay) receive preferential and unfair treatment in the form of faster internet speeds than competitors. For example, if Netflix decides to pay Comcast for faster internet speed than Netflix's competitor Hulu, Comcast has the legal go-ahead to throttle Hulu into oblivion because no consumer is going to want to pay for laggy TV shows. Thanks, FCC.

Then, I go ahead and put clothes on because the government says I can't

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