Rasmussen Poll= 61 percent against net neutraility

http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/november_2014/61_oppose_federal_regulation_of_the_internet

61 percent are against net neutrality

61% Oppose Federal Regulation of the Internet

Americans really like the online service they currently have and strongly oppose so-called “net neutrality” efforts that would allow the federal government to regulate the Internet.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 26% of American Adults agree the Federal Communications Commission should regulate the Internet like it does radio and television. Sixty-one percent (61%) disagree and think the Internet should remain open without regulation and censorship. Thirteen percent (13%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Only 19% believe more government regulation is the best way to protect those who use the Internet. Fifty-six percent (56%) feel more free market competition is the best protection. Twenty-five percent (25%) are undecided.

Most Americans have opposed increased government regulation of the Internet since December 2010 when some members of the FCC began pushing “net neutrality” efforts to stop some companies from offering higher downloading speeds to preferred customers.

Seventy-six percent (76%) of Americans who regularly go online rate the quality of their Internet service as good or excellent. Only five percent (5%) consider their service poor.

Americans remain suspicious of the motives of those who want government regulation of the Internet. Sixty-eight percent (68%) are concerned that if the FCC does gain regulatory control over the Internet, it will lead to government efforts to control online content or promote a political agenda, with 44% who are Very Concerned. Twenty-seven percent (27%) don’t share this concern about possible government abuse, but that includes only eight percent (8%) who are Not At All Concerned.

Fifty-six percent (56%) of voters said in December 2010 that if the FCC was given the authority to regulate the Internet, it would use that power to promote a political agenda.

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The survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted on November 11-12, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Sixty-four percent (64%) of Americans support the FCC regulating profanity, violence and sexual content on TV and radio, but only 31% think it does a good or excellent job in this area.

Earlier this year, the FCC in the face of strong public opposition backed off a plan to determine if the news media is meeting the public’s “critical information needs.” Voters strongly believe news content is none of the federal government’s business.

Younger Americans are far more likely than their elders to use the Internet every day or nearly every day, but adults of all ages give high marks to the Internet service they receive.

Opposition to government regulation of the Internet is highest among Americans under 40 and those who use the Internet regularly.

Sixty-five percent (65%) of Republicans and 70% of adults not affiliated with either major party oppose FCC regulation of the Internet. Democrats agree but by a much narrower 48% to 37% margin.

But then only 33% of Democrats are Very Concerned that FCC regulatory control will lead to government efforts to control online content or promote a political agenda. That compares to 58% of Republicans and 43% of unaffiliateds.

Only 42% of all voters have been following recent news reports about Internet neutrality issues, with 18% who have been following Very Closely.

Most Americans also balk at the idea of government taxing business on the Internet.

Only 19% of voters now trust the federal government to do the right thing most or nearly all the time. Fifty-four percent (54%) consider the federal government today a threat to individual liberty rather than a protector of their rights.

Thirty percent (30%) of voters now are most likely to get their political news from the Internet.

Fifty-four percent (54%) think America’s increasing reliance on the Internet for business and financial transactions makes the economy more vulnerable to attack.

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The survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted on November 11-12, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.


Since we know what happens when Obama says "if you want to keep your doc and your insurance you can" was a flat out LIE, Americans are in total favor of what they have now without GOVERNMENT REGULATION

Which means they have no clue what net neutrality is or what the regulatory function would accomplish.

Keep your gubament out of my AOL!!!

lol

I swear I am not being facetious but can those that theoretically oppose 'net neutrality' fucking read? I am serious . . . . it's like trying to put the proverbial square peg in a round hole . . . . the stupidity is astounding!!
No wonder our nation is in deep do do . . .

knothead wrote:I swear I am not being facetious but can those that theoretically oppose 'net neutrality' fucking read? I am serious . . . . it's like trying to put the proverbial square peg in a round hole . . . . the stupidity is astounding!!
No wonder our nation is in deep do do . . .

You might be interested in how we wind up in our present set of circumstances. You might think we just wake up one day and the govt controls something fully like telecom, railroad, healthcare. No... Truman tried to nationalize steel in one fell swoop.

Don't forget... the same entity you want to cede controls to are the same ones that ase recording everything you do.

A simple set if standards of fair play is a solution... netnewtrality, or what ever they call this, is a regulatory bureaucracy.

Why is business leaving this country? Why is small business disappearing? It's a collusion between govt and big corps.

Humans used to be good at recognizing patters.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/technology/in-net-neutrality-debate-tech-giants-on-the-sidelines.html? _r=0&referrer=

Since January,when a federal appeals court threw out the Federal Communications Commission’s rules on net neutrality,broadband companies like Comcast,Verizon and AT&T have mounted a full-court public and legislative fight against any new round of regulations that would curb how they manage their networks. Their rival giants in the tech industry haven’t put up much of a fight.

Large Internet businesses have written a few letters to regulators in support of the issue and have participated in the back-channel lobbying effort,but they have not joined online protests,or otherwise moved to mobilize their users in favor of new rules.

Why not?They may be too big to bother with an issue that primarily affects the smallest Internet companies. And that is a shame.

Net neutrality rules would keep broadband lines neutral of the Internet providers’business interests. Say,for instance,you get high-speed Internet service from Comcast. Without strong rules,advocates say,Comcast could favor certain websites or videos on the lines coming into your home —perhaps those from TV networks it owns, or from outside companies from which it has exacted a fee for access to a special “fast lane” on the Internet.

If that were to happen,proponents of the rules say,it’s obvious which companies would suffer most: the Internet’s newest and least powerful businesses. The giants,meanwhile,would escape relatively unscathed.

“If you have bad rules,the ones who pay the price are the smallest companies,” said Julie Samuels,the executive director of Engine,an advocacy group that has been pushing for network neutrality rules. “Once you’re as large as Google or Facebook,you can afford to pay.”

I forgot my Obama decoder ring...I made rash assumptions that the words used mean what they normally do.....after Obamacare I should be more careful...

So net neutrality or open internet actually means giving government control of ISPs. So what's the problem? The content provider can just bribe government for extra bandwidth...just more Mafia government...it's been a long time coming....figured our greedy government would have sold this protection racket long ago.

Sal wrote:Jebus Crist, these people are idiots.

There's simply no two ways about it.

They should not be allowed to vote.

The people too stupid to realize that they are the useful idiots used to pass a fascist healthcare takeover want to make more rules? Lol... it's no wonder we are in decline. Why aren't y'all celebrating obama's china trade and climate agreements yet?

This is clearly Blackwhite simply malquoted.