Do you think we are gonna lose Net Neutrality?

This is Net Neutrality.

exactly my thought!

lol you were wrong about the no as well xD. you should be a gambler and instead of the team you want to win. just pick the other team and make a bet . you would be rich xD

Pretty sure POTUS-seat is not a weak link here - if Trump gets kicked out, there is a long queue of republicans that will take the seat over, all of them against NN.

For consumers? Rest of the world wouldn't be affected directly, stuff hosted in the US would probably be as available for people abroad as it is right now, but it does give precedent for other countries to introduce similar laws, in which case how fucked you are depends on your government.

There can still be concerns for people outside the US. A lot of internet content is hosted in some way in the US, and if for any reason you need to access that, the telecoms in US (if net neutrality is struck down) can give precedence to their local, overcharged "fast-lane" clients, effectively slowing down your connection.

It's interesting because most of the big online tech firms who could help snowball this out of control are pro-neutrality. Doubtless ISPs and old-school media types in the rest of the west would be all over this shit but for the most part they remain under the thumb of governments and populations that would probably say fuck no. Even if the US it's taken a surprisingly blatant amount of 'lobbying' and rampant apathy.

When your content providers like Netflix and Amazon turn? That's the time find a toilet and brace for tragedy.

The end of Net Neutrality can have indirect effects to non-Americans.

Economically: In a specific situation, non-American businesses whose customers are primarily or largely made up of Americans may see a dip in their network traffic for their websites because Americans' internet can be slowed down so they have to pay more money to the internet providers to have faster internet speed.

Politically: Some of your own country's politicians may want to follow ending net neutrality because the United States is an influential powerhouse. You may have read/heard/seen news of conservative parties in various European countries(Le Pen's National Front in France, AfD in Germany, Conservative Party in UK, etc.) that have gained popularity months after Donald Trump swore to the presidential office.

My cable bill is already riddled with indecipherable fees (that sometimes even a CSR can't explain).
No more, please.

Or you can buy lootboxes for 2.99$ and there is a chance to get 10 Mbps + lower tiers for a FULL MONTH!

:D

I'm already experiencing that $50 tier for a cheaper price (~$20) in our country, and that's just our internet without the net neutrality. It'll probably really bad if they adopted the net neutrality thingie here.

if companies would offer those prices nobody would buy those packages, especially when you got other options.
they are still businesses and they need to set prices for someone to buy those

Net neutrality isn't about the government taking over the internet. It's about whether or not your ISP gets to decide what websites you're allowed to visit or if they're allowed to charge you more to access certain websites.

People only care when they experience the aftermath of ending Net Neutrality.

What makes you say that. We're pretty comfortable and happy with our net neutrality in europe.

The internet was fine before net neutrality? There were multiple carriers that were throttling or blocking sites from their subscribers before net neutrality. You want your ISP deciding what you are allowed to do on the internet?

And we still have lowest common denominator people like this. bending over for corporations while they spout meaningless half-truths like 'life will go on'.