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linicx
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linicx

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Yes, it should

The idea that telephone and cable companies can thwart local government development and expansion while conning state legislatures into turning a blind eye to it is very troublesome. And it is wrong.

Internet service providers have one function only. Provide a service. Telephone companies have one function. Provide telephone service from border to border, or provide cable to your customers. They only need one rule: Do NO Harm! This means no more price fixing, no more gouging, no more overcharging, no more below the line bogus charges, no more trying to stop a city from providing the bandwidth you don't think they should have, and no more capping data or slowing a data stream. Shut up. Only then will self-improvement and progress come to small town/rural city America.

Netizens need to do their part, too. It makes no difference if you want to share your connection with your neighbors or not. It makes no difference if you want to stream Netflx day and night or not. If you do not want to be capped or have your stream slow to a crawl then shut up and PAY Your FAIR Share. The cost will be hefty. I would expect to pay at least $5 per movie in addition to the ISP charge while you download movies.

The ISP is not a faceless, nameless mommy. It's job is to ensure you follow its TOS. If you do not follow the rules, many things can happen from a stern warning to jail for Theft of Intellectual Property.

Before you whine, do remember you are not special. It takes a lot of manpower and money to run a large server farms so a million or more can watch the same movie at the same time. You're only unique to your mother. The company that provides movies to you wants YOU to PAY Your FAIR Share. They do not want to subsidize your Internet viewing habits.

There is a message to movie and music producers, too. Stop terrorizing families mother's because their 8-year old is dumber than a box of rocks. They all are; it's why they are not little adults.

However theft is theft and it is needs to be prosecuted.