Remember the utter doom that was to come with the end of the 2015 Obama Net Neutrality order, which was passed by unelected bureaucrats and turned the Internet into the same type of public utility as a 1940’s wired home phone system? Remember, it was going to be the end of the Internet?
Hey @CNN, absurd headlines like this are why people don't trust you. pic.twitter.com/dnAL7RM3NK
— Curtis Kalin (@CurtisKalin) December 14, 2017
Flash forward to today
Since the repeal of “net neutrality” took effect on June 11, the U.S. internet speed has gone from 12th to 6th fastest in the world.https://t.co/CHNwxDh5ZS pic.twitter.com/YaleJEuPSo
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 14, 2018
The article from the DC highlights lots of apocalyptic tweets on the end of NN, but, you can see in the graphic (larger available at the link) that average broadband speeds jump from just under 80mbs on the day the NN repeal was announced to 96.91mbs when the repeal took official effect in July.
This is likely due to the fact that the repeal of net neutrality rules have allowed the market to dictate itself. This, in turn, has spurred competition and innovation which ultimately creates a better product for consumers.
The United States now trails only Singapore, Hong Kong, Iceland, Romania, and South Korea in overall broadband download speed.
Progressives/Socialists won’t give up on attempting to implement NN, though, because they’re deluded idiots who think having the government in charge of the Internet is a good thing.
When did CNN ever not lie?
FAKE NEWS to me is telling lies. What the MSM in general has done for over 70 years and CNN for over 20 years.