@MistakeMade

I know how you feel about this man. I have a 20 mbps and I get barely 12.
It's funny how it doesn't even feel like it's 12. More like yours right now.

It's bullshit because the internet package is combined in a 3 in 1 thing.
You know, phone, internet and TV and other shit.
Otherwise, I'd go individually for internet and phone & Mr. TV I never watch in one.

Like that, I can order 50 mbps or more just for internet.
I miss the 120 mbps in Germany. Fast as fuck man, downloaded a movie in 2 mins lol.

America's internet speeds are almost comedically slow.

Mine:

On the contrary, the ISP is the only person who is really capable of measuring your actual throughput, the methods used by internet speed tests can be affected by a number of factors that aren't network speed related.

That said Ookla and Google are solid speed tests, however they far from the best which is definitely http://speedof.me/
due to the fact it's HTML5 and that reduces a lot of mitigating factors in speed tests.

@humfrydog We Americans need this also. greedy corporations and there minions are pushing to take away our net neutrality so they can charge us more for less. its crap and it should be considered a public utility along with be governed by free speech. twitter, google and youtube are all censoring what we see based on their personal politcis ad views, But we are supposed to be the land of the free and brave with freedom of speech and news without censorship or propaganda.

Claps , best thing i seen on this thread you are dead on sir .

@EnderConstructor Think that problem only affects North America or whatnot, Not the entire world anyways, thats what i've heard atleast

@OtherGreenGamer It's only a problem in the USA as far as I know.

It will have repercussions all around the globe, there are thousands of foreign countries that have their servers based in the US, and if this bullshit passes, we all will be affected.
“As far as I know”

I am not the most informed with how internet traffic works, but I kind of fail to see how this would effect a minecraft server. The ISP's would be able to slow down the rates for consumers from various sources of content, but I don't think they would flat out slow down internet speeds or else their coverage would no longer be competitive (edit: of course, with the exception being areas where there is only one ISP). They would throttle speeds for content providers that have content that competes with their own content ( i.e. Video streaming services) and content they dont approve of (e.g. Controversial content). Maybe I am missing a part of the picture, but, I just don't see why they would target a minecraft server. And, before people assume otherwise, I by no means support the repeal of net neutrality.

But unless the ISP's have a stake in video games, they have no interest in video games. Also, mojang and Microsoft have nothing to do with hosting servers (other than realms). From my understanding, once they provide the JAR, microsoft and mojang have nothing to do with the interaction between the hosting server and the ISP.

@MisterChris717 The ISP is intrested in all internet service. They want to restrict all internet access, doesn't matter if it's for games or a video service.

I don't think you can just make blanket statements like that. If they are looking for a profit, they won't restrict all services because they can. It gets fuzzy it areas where there is one ISP and, therefore, no competition. Then, I guess, they can do what they want with the rates and not invest in infrastructure and increasing absolute internet speed.

And I don't think the extortion of saying "Would you like to update to 1.13? (Pay 10$)" would happen. They can throttle Mojang's speed, which may just mean a slower downloads of Mojang's content, which is only relevant on those few occasions you need an update. It would be Mojang's decision to pay the ISP for faster speed and then charge the consumer to compensate for those expenses. I don't think occassional slow updates would cause Mojang to make such a decision that would further harm their business. But, again, the ISP doesn't have a strong incentive to throttle Mojang.

I am open to accepting that the repeal of net neutrality would effect minecraft servers, but I don't find these arguments very compelling.

I don't wanna be American anymore xD

@MistakeMade @Sirchristopher10 I'm hoping the senate will reverse it. The US has more freedom than any other country fyi.

Belgium has freedom
Italy has freedom
The UK has freedom
Germany, France, JAPAN have freedom
And right now New Zealand, Hong Kong and Neterlands are stated to be the countries with the most freedom and if we're talking about economical freedom then Hong Kong and Singapour are leading.
The USA, isn't Leading the world in anything relevant (from my own point of view).

(Apart from the number of incarcerated citizens every year, adults that believe that Angels are real, Flat earthers, and spending)

I don't want to be the triggering spark of a debate on weather the US has the most freedom or not, back to the main theme.