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It seems that the Federales have decided not to regulate Internet service providers with regard to “net neutrality” and carrying, e.g., Netflix streams to your house (nytimes<\/a>). So now these unregulated monopolies will be able to charge us $50-100 per month for service and then charge us again for the same Internet service (by charging Netflix, et al., who will then turn back around and raise our subscription rates). Maybe they should save everyone a lot of trouble and just allow Comcast, Time-Warner, and Verizon to collect a 5% payroll tax on wages in exchange for … giving us whatever Internet speeds and cable channels they think would be appropriate.<\/p>\n

Carlos Slim<\/a> is presumably laughing at us right now…<\/p>\n

Related: Thoughts on the Comcast\/Time-Warner merger<\/a><\/p>\n

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