Episode 133 — Two Terrible Options

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Ben and James discuss the net neutrality debate and why both sides of the issue at hand involve making difficult tradeoffs; the bigger problem is broken governance. Please listen to the end! Presented by WordPress.com: Get 15% off on a new site by visiting WordPress.com/Exponent. Links Ben Thompson: Pro-Neutrality, Anti-Title II — Stratechery Ben Thompson: “Light Touch”, Cable, and DSL; The Broadband Tradeoff; The Importance of Antitrust — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Netflix and Net Neutrality — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Net Neutrality and Zero Rating — Stratechery Daily Update Ben Thompson: Comcast’s Inevitable Data Caps, T-Mobile Offers Free Video, America Versus … Continue reading Episode 133 — Two Terrible Options

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0:00.0	Hi, James. Ben, how are you?
0:04.6	Frazzled.
0:07.2	Yeah, to be honest, based on what I've been seeing on Twitter, I'm not entirely surprised.
0:13.9	It's been quite the week. It has been quite the week, which we will get to in just a moment.
0:18.3	But first, we are excited to have WordPress.com as our sponsor.
0:22.5	Whether you'd like to build a personal blog, a business site, or both creating your website
0:26.1	on WordPress.com helps others find you, remember you, and connect with you.
0:30.2	You don't need experience.
0:31.1	They guide you through the process from start to finish and take care of the technical side
0:33.9	to get your site up and running.
0:35.1	Their customer support team is made up of WordPress experts eager to help you get the most from your site.
0:38.6	And they're available to help 24 hours a day, Monday through Friday and weekends.
0:42.4	Plans start at just $4 a month.
0:44.0	And all plans include a custom domain name for the life of the plan.
0:47.8	So go to WordPress.com slash exponent to get 15% off your website today.
0:52.0	That's WordPress.com slash exponent.
0:55.5	And hopefully, you know, the ISPs won't be charging WordPress to visit that site.
1:01.4	I was going to make a comment about how wonderful it is to have a sponsor that's enabling a free and open internet.
1:06.6	But that also wants, too.
1:09.0	I preempted your joke.
1:12.1	I made your joke before the fact.
1:14.8	Yeah, that's right.
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