Phil Kerpen and Glenn Beck scaremonger about net neutrality

[HexTest]

Support net neutrality? Here's why:

1. You don't think bandwidth hogs should pay for their excessive use of service.

2. You don't think ISPs should give a hospital sending an MRI priority over some idiot downloading porn.

3. You don't want the ability to switch to a new ISP in order to get fairer service.

4. You want the same "neutral" internet as China or Pakistan.

5. You think the government (which can't keep a budget together, or follow it's own rules) can manage the web without risk.

[hypnometal]

Yet another instance of Glenn Beck trying to take something that isn't a spade and turn it into a spade.

[PUCKonADD]

Reason things like bit torrent are "throttled down" is to keep the overall speed for everyone up. All the activities you mentioned are high bandwidth. Don't limit them (in terms of speed) and the whole system gets bogged down. Bandwidth isn't limitless, and as such, speed cant be either. If no one is being censored, then it is a matter of speed. No amount of regulation will make the internet run faster.

[PUCKonADD]

Quick question: Who is being "silenced" by their ISPs? And lets say for a moment that these companies trying to block our freedom of speech due to their agenda. Do we really think that putting the government in charge will change that? We'd be changing one agenda for another. I'm sure that a Republican congress and president would be fine with you starting up a Democrat website.

[PUCKonADD]

I'm not saying these companies are as pure as the wind driven snow, but at least with them, we have choices. Don't like one, switch to another. With government in charge, we're stuck with it for at least a couple of years. If we're so censored by these corporations, why can I go find far left and right wing blogs? Why can i find reviews that rip there companies? Why are there pages for the US Army and terrorist groups? Where is the censorship?

[VertigoTeaparty]

@PUCKonADD That's just it. No one is saying they are being "Silenced" by the ISP's. The issue is that ISP's can (and have) limited or outright ban certain activity such as bit torrents, gaming, video streaming, etc. The problem is that you can't just switch; cable companies have regional monopolies. Until there are real options (no, dial-up/satellite/DSL are not real options) they need to be regulated to keep them from screwing everyone... which they've been doing.

[VertigoTeaparty]

It's almost comical that what he is talking about has absolutely NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with net neutrality. What is NOT funny is that a lot of uninformed people will listen to this trash and assume that "Net Neutrality = Censorship" and rally against it.

[copstryin2takemycrop]

I don't remember anything in Net Neutrality that gives everybody the right to Internet. Glenn Beck doesn't know anything about this issue. Net Neutrality keeps the greedy companies from telling us what and what we can't view.

[Freenetnow]

The courts made the right decision!!!!!

[Shaitan051]

Scary. When I heard Beck was against Net Neutrality I assumed he was ignorant as he usually is, but he know EXACTLY what Net Neutrality and he's STILL against it!

Is there any right he won't sell off just to avoid the government stepping in!?

[grendelee]

Wonder if Glenn Beck is also required to do sexual favors behind the scenes as well. Tonight at the Gracy Mansion, Glenn Beck dancing in coconut shells for dollars....

[mkjackson]

Wow... how does this guy actually get away for misinforming the public? How can we assume that big corporations are any less dangerous than big government? More than that, how can they say that a set of rules being laid down by government equate to big government?

[ekans]

the gov is protecting us against broadband companies restricting access to certain websites.glenn beck ur an asshole

[mcthorogood]

Stifling the net in the name of commercialism, leads to personages, who emit trite brain-droppings; a case-in-point is Glenn Beck. There is a trove of high quality material on the net, which can be accessed via bit-torrent. Hell, old movies and documentaries, which are in the public domain, are a lot better than the shite being made today.

[mcthorogood]

The MSM, which is controlled by a few moguls, is afraid of losing the right to control information. The limited control of information in the MSM has led to the hyperreality of knownothingness that has come to be known as Fox News.

[JimmyFartpants]

Please don't  believe this complete crap.

Net Neutrality is exactly the opposite of what Glenn Beck is trying to tell you here.

Net Neutrality means that all internet service providers need to treat all web content equally. They can't block certain sites, slow down or speed up your access to certain sites, etc.

Do your OWN research folks, and just don't take this guys word for it, and you'll see that Glenn Beck is on the WRONG side of this argument.

[perfectbark]

the screwball speaketh

[omaha1287]

My God I didn't think that Glenn Beck could be any more of a moron... Net Neutrality would actually help his cause by making it so that no matter what information is being transmitted on the internet, it is treated the same, rather than AT&T saying I don't agree with Glenn so we're going to slow his info down to a crawl... Essentially what he is doing is any time the words "legislation" or "government regulation" come up he cries foul and says it is evil govt control... take your Ritalin Glenn..

[jstan442]

beck is right how else to explain the banks the auto industry etc.bailing out more industries and what we are already spending $ on is going to bankrupt our nation-it started during the bush years but obama and his ppl are really overdoing it-i can't afford to pay for their plans-did youknow that in mass. where they have nat. health care they are rationing-oh wow and the dimwit lib dems said that would never happen-i don't trust either side but the dems are really looking asinine to me!!

[BenkaiDebussy]

You do realize that health insurance companies in the US also "ration" health care, except they are fare worse since they are profit-driven and actively make money by denying coverage. At least the government has a stake in keeping you alive as a taxpayer.

[picklebarrels]

DavidValley - You clearly are unfamiliar with the history of the ISPs and their attempts at shaping traffic.

I'll be eagerly awaiting your reasoning behind corporate interests saying legislation will hurt innovation and investment while at the same time saying regulation isn't needed because they aren't going to start shaping traffic.

[DavidValley]

Both sides of this argument are freaking stupid. The left and the right. These companies aren't going to charge people more and play favorites.  That would be stupid on there part. And Net Neutrality does not give people free internet like they say in the video. It's amazing how much misinformation on both the left and the right are dishing out on this issue which really isn't and shouldn't be an issue at all.

[toyracers]

i just dont like the idea that the phone companies keep migrating toward monopolies.. they seem hate competition.. they got taken apart in the 90's and somehow they are back together.. they fight against net neutrality every chance they get...

not to mention the internet has been working perfectly well so far

[radudeATL]

I stopped listening after he said, "You know, America?" He has like 2 million sheep. There are over 300 million Americans. The vast majority of Americans know that you are a nut. Stop talking as if the entirety of America is listening to your crazy ass.

[jstan442]

thats 19999999 more ppl than will read your comment!

[smartincreative]

what an insufferable pussy this guy is. What? No weeping?

[BGDPPL]

did beck just accuse the BBC of being under the thumb of the government?

if he did then he is completly mistaken

the bbc is kept under scrutiny by several watchdogs to make sure it is 100% "fair and balanced"

an example of this is the upcoming promgram called question time, where a selected panal will discuss relevent political issues

the head of the bnp, the most right wing party in the uk, will be on it this week

so if its such a bias news agency then y is it allowing him on?

[jstan442]

who are the watchdogs and who is watching them? that's idiotic

[jjoplin69]

EXACTLY! And who is watching the watchers of the watchdogs?

"Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line"

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-h.....­......

[BGDPPL]

some of the bbc watchdogs

Ofcom

The Committee for Advertising Practice

The Advertising Standards Authority

[Realizalize]

did beck just accuse the BBC of being under the thumb of the government?

- murdoch adressed bbc this year bigtime in

some speech, trying to talk them out of his business. he was attacking them and bbc just nodded, this here is just the follow up.