Net Neutrality and the Lottery

Reply #9

KY Floyd — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 03:23:54 GMT

Amazon could charge you extra for delivery of non-amazon brand items and only offer 2 week delivery. By doing that Amazon can maximize their profits. Of course, wrong wingers will say But they can take their business elsewhere!

Those wrong wingers frequently don't have a very good grasp of reality, or misrepresent things to suit their own agenda (not that they've got a monopoly on that, of course).

Your ISP delivers the information you order, so a better and more accurate, analogy would b... [ More ]

Reply #8

Sarge0202 — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 22:07:50 GMT

Yea, I listened to Rush. Starts on talking about FM and wireless being available at a delayed rate because of big governemnt . Might be true , but coming from Rush I did my own research, turns out it big corporations holding it back. And NN is about censoring content not the delay of technology. There is a thing called the First Amendment where The Government can not restrict content. It does not prevent corporations from restricting content. Lets face it, corporate news censors what it covers d... [ More ]

Reply #7

Lucky Loser — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 17:54:24 GMT

Amen brother, Amen. The real truth is that things are fine as they are and everybody does get paid one way or another but, NN does level the field for EVERYONE wanting to provide services to consumers and be competitive. Then, there are the small businesses which one side of our political spectrum claims to be so in favor of helping but, axing NN will do exactly the opposite. Right here:

https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/27/twitter-and-others-warn-fcc-of-disastrous-net-neutrality-rever

Reply #6

Sarge0202 — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:06:31 GMT

Net Neutrality will mean you only have 1 Choice.

One choice in what? ISPs? Most of the U.S. has only one viable choice for high speed Internet, matter of fact the larger providers collude with each other so not to step on each other in an area. That is called a local monopoly, and you might not know it, but monopolies aren't good for consumers (and that includes you). Meanwhile it is the Republicans, on the ISP payroll that are also passing anti states rights laws preventing local munic... [ More ]

Reply #5

Lucky Loser — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 01:47:01 GMT

This boils down to several accurate analogies: open internet/closed internet, fast lanes/slow lanes, and then there's the 'toll road.' The latter best describes what's on the table for approval right now and it's only about one thing...mo' money, mo' money, mo' money. Net neutrality more or less equals the playing field with providers in that there is no 'discrimination' in terms of access and speed. Even so, there are already two important dynamics at play. One, we already have levels of intern... [ More ]

Reply #4

AllenB — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 00:30:56 GMT

Net Neutrality is a Joke. It lets the Government control the Internet. I do not regularly quote good old Rush, but if what I heard last week is True we will all be screwed by the FCC again. You get what you pay for. Net Neutrality will mean you only have 1 Choice. History shows that someone with a lot of money to pay the Whores in Congress can use these rules to squash competition.

Cell phone technology for example was developed in 1945. FCC did not license it until the 1980's because land li... [ More ]

Reply #3

Ron5995 — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 20:45:39 GMT

Differences in speed and responsiveness would likely be unnoticeable for an on-line lottery site. Very low data requirements compared to video and latency time (responsiveness) often isn't that critical. Many ISPs already prioritize some sites over others, in particular, Netflix and Youtube. Such content may be replicated to some degree on servers located within the ISP's network. In effect, for highly popular video sites, priority lanes already exist.

Another factor to consider is whether a... [ More ]

Reply #2

Raven62 — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 12:38:05 GMT

13 things you need to know about the FCC's Net neutrality regulation:

https://www.cnet.com/news/13-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-fccs-net-neutrality-regulation

Reply #1

KY Floyd — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 06:45:39 GMT

My stance is that net neutrality has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not you'll be able to buy lottery tickets online.

Net Neutrality and the Lottery

WhoaMama — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:17:35 GMT

People have been fighting for free and open Internet and it's up to Congress whether or not Net Neutrality stays and goes, under HUGE pressure from Pai.

My state lottery has an online lottery where you can buy your PB and MM tickets online, so no net neutrality might axe that freedom. Even bigger is the computers used to buy lottery tickets.

Where do you stand on this issue? Will cable services slow down legit gambling sites?

Depsite the small chance of winning the l... [ More ]