Gas and electric companies are now allowed to charge you based on what you're using gas and electricity for.
So it's late and about time to cook dinner. I pull a chicken breast out of the fridge and turn on the stove. But the flame didn't light because the gas company has partnered with Applebee's nationwide and instead of a flame I get a sponsored email from Applebee's and my ISP that says I should just go get dinner at Applebee's but if I don't want to then I have to agree to a higher rate for gas for the next half hour ago if I'm going to be using it to cook food.
After I eat I turn on my TV so I can watch a movie before bed but the TV didn't turn on because my electric company has partnered with Cinemark nationwide and instead of an input selection screen I get a sponsored email from Cinemark and my ISP that says before my TV powers on I have to agree to pay a higher rate for electricity for the next two hours if I'm going to be using it to power my TV.
So I decide to pay the higher rate because I don't feel like going to a theater and I fire up Netflix. Only before Netflix starts I get an email from my ISP that says they have their own service I can watch movies on if I subscribe to it but if I just want to watch a movie on Netflix I have to agree to a higher rate on my data usage for the next two hours.
All of this is net neutrality, but the first two examples are applied to the other public utilities.
The-mongol-horde on November 26th, 2017 at 23:52 UTC »
Did he add the loading circle after /#netneutrality
BandLadLum on November 27th, 2017 at 03:09 UTC »
Fucking yes Washington represents
richardeid on November 27th, 2017 at 04:56 UTC »
Gas and electric companies are now allowed to charge you based on what you're using gas and electricity for.
So it's late and about time to cook dinner. I pull a chicken breast out of the fridge and turn on the stove. But the flame didn't light because the gas company has partnered with Applebee's nationwide and instead of a flame I get a sponsored email from Applebee's and my ISP that says I should just go get dinner at Applebee's but if I don't want to then I have to agree to a higher rate for gas for the next half hour ago if I'm going to be using it to cook food.
After I eat I turn on my TV so I can watch a movie before bed but the TV didn't turn on because my electric company has partnered with Cinemark nationwide and instead of an input selection screen I get a sponsored email from Cinemark and my ISP that says before my TV powers on I have to agree to pay a higher rate for electricity for the next two hours if I'm going to be using it to power my TV.
So I decide to pay the higher rate because I don't feel like going to a theater and I fire up Netflix. Only before Netflix starts I get an email from my ISP that says they have their own service I can watch movies on if I subscribe to it but if I just want to watch a movie on Netflix I have to agree to a higher rate on my data usage for the next two hours.
All of this is net neutrality, but the first two examples are applied to the other public utilities.