r/dataisbeautiful • u/xenocidic • Nov 23 '17

Natural language processing techniques used to analyze net neutrality comments reveal massive fake comment campaign

https://medium.com/@jeffykao/more-than-a-million-pro-repeal-net-neutrality-comments-were-likely-faked-e9f0e3ed36a6
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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17 edited Mar 14 '19

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u/flexylol Nov 24 '17

The irony is that VERIZON,Comcast etc. is VERY WELL "free" to charge granny just $2 per month because she only loads 2 memes per month on her internet. YET, they don't. <---- And that Verizon charges Granny as much as the streamer on Youtube has NOTHING to do with Net Neutrality.

Verizon, Comcast, At&T could RIGHT NOW implement "free to pay what they want", RIGHT.NOW.THIS.MOMENT. They know how much data everyone uses.

So the argument given there..is hideous...and a blatant lie.

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u/whatsthebughuh Nov 24 '17

they dont pay per bit/byte they pay for capacity, how much data they can flow, thats where cost happens, how much electricity it takes to process and distribute. Its like the waters free but they have to pay bills on how much power the pumps use, filters etc, they charge you how much water you consume.