Big business wins, net neutrality is all but dead for now.

[ElFenix]

It's quite easy to be the best country in the world with such a homogeneous society.

Switzerland is not homogenous

 

[Red Squirrel]

Darknets need to be more commonly used. https://projectmeshnet.org/ is a good start. While most links are over the internet, the goal is to eventually try to rely less on internet links. Though the issue too is the government could just make civilian data runs illegal, would not surprise me if they'd do that.

 

[Markbnj]

Switzerland is not homogenous

Maybe not, depending on your definition, but it is smaller than NYC population-wise. So yeah, I'd say they're doing a good job running that city 🙂.

 

[KeithP]

Good news everyone, we are saved! Obama says if he is elected he will make net neutrality regulation a priority for his first year in office!

http://www.cnet.com/news/obama-pledges-net-neutrality-laws-if-elected-president/

-KeithP

 

[BladeVenom]

Good news everyone, we are saved! Obama says if he is elected he will make net neutrality regulation a priority for his first year in office!

http://www.cnet.com/news/obama-pledges-net-neutrality-laws-if-elected-president/

-KeithP

I thought shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp was going to be the first thing he did.

 

[Markbnj]

I thought shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp was going to be the first thing he did.

No, it was getting out of Afghanistan... or legalizing pot... or smoking some pot. I don't actually remember.

 

[MarkXIX]

That is a bit of an exaggeration. Especially for most of the country which only has ancient copper infrastructure which they certainly cannot just flip the switch and give faster internet.

So remember how I said that providers could increase bandwidth relatively easily, especially cable companies?

http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/30/cox-gigabit-internet-plans/

Yeah, as long as you have a DOCSIS 3.x modem, they can pretty much enter a few keystrokes and dump hundreds of megabits or gigabit on their customers.

In this case it appears that publicity is driving change, not competition necessarily.

 

[Aikouka]

So remember how I said that providers could increase bandwidth relatively easily, especially cable companies?

http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/30/cox-gigabit-internet-plans/

Yeah, as long as you have a DOCSIS 3.x modem, they can pretty much enter a few keystrokes and dump hundreds of megabits or gigabit on their customers.

It isn't always that simple. Raising speeds via DOCSIS 3 requires the operator to allocate more channels for download and/or upload since they're bonded together. Another problem is that most modems don't support nearly enough bonding to reach anywhere close to 1Gbps! The Motorola SB6121 that I use is fairly popular, and it only supports 4/2 (downstream/upstream) bonding. Take a peek at the speed table on Wikipedia, and my theoretical max is about 150/50. If I wanted to go higher, I'd need to at least jump up to its beefier sibling, the 6141, which supports 8/4.

Cox is most likely planning on taking fiber straight to the home.