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Americans From Both Political Parties Overwhelmingly Support Net Neutrality, Poll Shows (mozilla.org)
Mozilla conducted a survey in which it found that a majority of Americans do not trust the government to protect Internet access. From an article, shared by a reader: A recent public opinion poll carried out by Mozilla and Ipsos revealed overwhelming support across party lines for net neutrality, with over three quarters of Americans (76%) supporting net neutrality. Eighty-one percent of Democrats and 73% of Republicans are in favor of it. Another key finding: Most Americans do not trust the U.S. government to protect access to the Internet. Seventy percent of Americans place no or little trust in the Trump administration or Congress (78%) to do so. Mozilla and Ipsos carried out the poll in late May, on the heels of the FCC's vote to begin dismantling Obama-era net neutrality rules. We polled approximately 1,000 American adults across the U.S., a sample that included 354 Democrats, 344 Republicans, and 224 Independents.
Most Americans do not trust the U.S. government to protect access to the Internet. Seventy percent of Americans place no or little trust in the Trump administration or Congress (78%) to do so.
And yet that is exactly what they are asking for with Net Neutrality...
...people who own stock in Comcast, AOL Time Warner and/or AT&T.
We'll make great pets
These numbers are of little importance. What do people with lots of unoccupied land around them think about net neutrality? That's the most important statistic in American democracy.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Of course no one wants Net Neutrality violated.
Republicans don't want the anti-business and anti-capitalism of blocking people from freely trading.
Democrats want equality of opportunity to all people.
Net Neutrality fits the rulebook for both parties.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
For close to two decades this site has been peppering us with stories of elected officials across the political spectrum trying to regulate the internet.
They just use a constant cycle of attrition against us to get what they want.
The people overwhelmingly decry bill_x?
Wait a few months, call it something else, and go again until the people stop protesting. Let's not actually listen to the will of the people or industry or anything.
Just keep grinding until we have all the control we want.
Trump's lackies are going to do what they or their boss wants.
If the lackeys know that their constituents do not agree with what they are doing, they might not be inclined to do it. After all, we, the people, are responsible for their re-election. That's why you need to write your congressperson and senator and ask them to oppose the repealing of net neutrality.
WTB [sig], PST!!!
Of course the head of the FCC isn't elected and doesn't have constituents and will do pretty much whatever he and trump want. If he is out at the end of 4 years he can go back to a cushy job in the industry or maybe move on to lobbying.
"In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women..." -H. Simpson
They don't trust the government to protect internet access, but they want the government to do it anyway. SMH
They want them to do it, but don't expect that they will. What part of this is difficult to comprehend?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Citations:
http://www.businessinsider.com...
Poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans from both parties have no idea what net neutrality is.
"The Democratic party supports net neutrality."
Well i wish they'd quit keeping it a secret.
I dont pay a fucking SLA for my gas line or electric service, I shouldn't have to have one for my data connection. The gas line to my house is sized for our needs, as is trunk that leads to my neighborhood, so should data be.
TL-DR: Every home in America should have been Fiber-to-the-Premisis 15 years ago.
Good-bye