Second - the utility analogies are poor.. because if you pay attention to your bill, you aren't paying for bit consumption from your ISP.. but you are paying for watt Consumption from your electric company. And just because Telsa comes along and says 'you really want this new super high load service' (aka netflix) the electric company doesn't have to come and upgrade the wires to your house just because you bought a telsa. You want more conduit.. you have to pay for it.
And the big threat of 'if we don't have this... they COULD DO THIS..' - could do? They've already been operating all this time without any regulation preventing those behaviors... in a period where competition for providers was WORSE than it is now. There is a reason providers haven't done these things.. and it's not some fictitious regulation that existing before.
Then what are people paying for?
Why offer "100mbps unlimited" connections if their own network cannot manage to handle these 100mbps lines?
Doesn't make sense other than to lie to customers.
customers are paying which thing to access. Why netflix as to pay more ?
Second.. You cant definitively compare Energy utilities vs Networks.. both have finite maximums but the loads are not instant. Energy need rampups and slowdowns to handle the currents based on sustained LOADS.
Networks have higher variations but do not need rampups or slowdowns when theres high consumption or not (their max capacity can be obtained almost instantly and unlike energy.. you an throttle when the capacity is exceeded)
Under your logic: They(most ISPS) are selling "telsa capable" utility connections even if their infrastructure, generators and transformers cannot handle the load (even less if all users used this capacity at same time).
What about the rumours of most ISPS back in 2001 getting huge $$$ from the government in the guise of "improve your infrastructure to accelerate the commerce and improve economy" and they needed just cashing it instead of expanding ?
What about the constant monopoly concentration, lobbiyism..etc.. (all to block the creation of other networks where the major isps are single major monopolies and keep prices up?)
These videos and the like are popular because they are one way propaganda that can't be contested or challenged with counter points.
You're kidding right? anyone can make a response video, theres comments and sharing.
that "
videos cant be contested" is BS.
If they can make Senator Cruz say BS to everyone in favour of his lobbyists.. anyone can contest a video posted online.
Make a cool video... make it catchy.. and promote! Throw a couple FUD bits in there.. and you'll be the darling of the social media circles.
You just described 99% of what political ads show.
