Got spooked by the pop up by eh I don't know if a non American signing your petition would help.
Gonna sloppily repost shit I put on the discord:
holy chirst i was googling about it and found this bullshit article (was from 2014 but shit is eternal)
http://theconversation.com/australias-n ... e-us-22245
"But Australia hasn’t ever had net neutrality, with domestic internet service providers shaping and restricting traffic, and often allowing “unmetered” access to certain websites for their own reasons. And it hasn’t been a disaster."
"Historical wholesale pricing practices means that many providers provide their customers with “Freezone” areas which provide unmetered access to popular content. These arrangements reflect the lower cost for the provider in delivering locally hosted content to their users."
oh they mean some carriers let you view iview unmetered oh fuck em the data limits used to be so anaemic they can all go to hell
also a government service so the crowing about lack of net neutrality pumping up private enterprise is bull on that count
also the privatisation of the copper network and telstra was a dirty back room steal and led to a total lack of maintenance outside metropolitan areas by the scum bastard company telstra recently the rotting unmaintained shit was bought back at a premium by the abbott government(edited)
Australia is worse than a poor example of why net neutrality shouldn't be allowed to exist
it's a fantastic example of why internet service providers shouldn't be allowed to exist as private entities
Government built it grew it gave it away and they maintained little but basic access at the time of privatisation
they are scum who have as much business branching out into new enterprises as a naked molerat colony
"1: Solid competition across most of Australia: Thanks to Telstra’s ADSL network being open to use by competitors, most Australians have a choice of which broadband provider they use, and so can switch providers if their provider restricts part of their internet service. This follows through to the National Broadband Network. Once a house is connected to the NBN householders can choose from a number of competing providers."
this had to be changed after the fact because upon privatisation Telstra was basically government made monopoly. Their response to competition was to NEVER maintain the ADSL network. It's so shit and the copper buyback means telstra's legacy will taint the new fibre network at some houses are so distant from the "nodes" where copper connects to fibre there has been no improvement in service
In fact it now has the added downside of making the old phone lines this snazzy "adsl" tech runs on shut off with power outages as the node shuts off
"2 Strong consumer protection laws: Australian consumer law – usually enforced by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission – is a world leader in protecting consumers. Any attempt by a large carrier to engage in anti-competitive conduct such as blocking or limiting access to a competitor’s service will invite long and costly action by the ACCC. "
You soft minded American fool you can never have a regulatory body as strong as our ACCC for the exact reason your masters are out to destroy net neutrality and all relevance of the FCC
We still got fucked with it in fact there is a investigation into NBN speeds on the new network being most likely way bellow advertised levels since the scum filth you say work so well in our country only advertise the hypothetical maximum for having a fibre optics up your bleeding anus
fuck it gonna slap this in the pol thread on the forums fuckin triggered mate
oh from 2014 fuck it
doesn't matter ignorance is eternal