Federal appeals court strikes down net neutrality rules

[DGuller]

I don't follow.

Are you being serious?

You said it got great infrastructure, but it doesn't have competition because it doesn't have great infrastructure.

[The Brain]

I don't follow.

Are you being serious?

Yes.

[Admiral Yi]

Yes.

Everyone in NY, or any metropolitan area for that matter, is bound to have a cable hookup, and therefore access to broadband.  However cable providers are regulated, regional monopolies, and are not required to provide access to their cable lines for other ISPs.

A cable hookup is "good infrastructure."  But it does not allow competition.  To get competition you have to have fiber optic running to your house.

[The Brain]

Yes.

Everyone in NY, or any metropolitan area for that matter, is bound to have a cable hookup, and therefore access to broadband.  However cable providers are regulated, regional monopolies, and are not required to provide access to their cable lines for other ISPs.

A cable hookup is "good infrastructure."  But it does not allow competition.  To get competition you have to have fiber optic running to your house.

OK. Freedom is slavery and all that jazz. Gotcha.

[crazy canuck]

A cable hookup is "good infrastructure."  But it does not allow competition.  To get competition you have to have fiber optic running to your house.

Ah, good infrastructure if you are comparing yourself to something with really really bad infrastructure.

[derspiess]

Is it crippling for everyone not to have 100mbps connections?  Cable is good enough for most.  It's good enough for me at the moment.

[The Brain]

Is it crippling for everyone not to have 100mbps connections?  Cable is good enough for most.  It's good enough for me at the moment.

You go girl. Own your cripplitude.

[Admiral Yi]

OK. Freedom is slavery and all that jazz. Gotcha.

I don't understand your irony.

[The Brain]

OK. Freedom is slavery and all that jazz. Gotcha.

I don't understand your irony.

It seems to me that Manhattan has crappy internet infrastructure compared to Sweden. And yet it has an enormous concentration of people in a small area.

[Admiral Yi]

OK.  If you want to call cable crappy infrastructure I guess that's your prerogative.

[The Brain]

OK.  If you want to call cable crappy infrastructure I guess that's your prerogative.

Are you tired and emotional? It's stone age compared to the country I live in.

[Admiral Yi]

Are you tired and emotional? It's stone age compared to the country I live in.

No.

That's great.

[MadBurgerMaker]

   Uverse and TWC are both in my neighborhood.  Granted, that's not really much of a choice since TWC is fucking horrible, but hey.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Speaking of Uverse and competition, I noticed they've set up some super fast shit in Austin only in order to compete with Google Fiber.  Valmy is going to be able to refresh Languish lightning quick.

[crazy canuck]

Is it crippling for everyone not to have 100mbps connections?  Cable is good enough for most.  It's good enough for me at the moment.

The claim was that there was "great" infrastructure.  Not merely good enough.  Cable is the basic model these days.  To have "great" infrastructure one would hope that it goes beyond the merely adequate.