All Things Net Neutrality

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Originally Posted by tshile

you mean areas that contain majority of the tech workers and have developed areas (in some cases entire cities) around major technology corporations opined to the FCC at a statistically-significant larger rate than those that don't on the biggest technology issue at present in?

you don't say... awesome analysis there NPR. :p

Actually Texas was somewhat surprising because I know that especially in the Austin area there's a lot of heavy hitters with a presence in that area. Then again Texas is a big state so I guess if the GOP tells them that Net Neutrality is an example of Obama's 'imperial presidency' it might be good enough for them. Then again the more likely explanation is most people don't understand it.

Edit: Ironically enough I was reading through the comment section and turns out I wasn't the only one surprised at Texas lack of participation.

LUXLEV cardboardcowboy • 3 days ago
Texas has a lot of high tech unlike many other states with low participation levels. That's why it was a bit surprising Texas had relatively low participation level.

KP • 3 days ago
outside of Austin, especially in East Texas and West Texas, high tech is a big screen TV at a football game.

cardboardcowboy • 3 days ago
Texas cares! (at least one of us here) To be honest I think it's a bit unfair to single out TX when there are MANY states with seemingly similar levels of participation. I'm not one to bash NPR (I'm a contributing member for the record), but the subtle anti-Texas sentiment is getting a bit tired, and is NOT going to help us turn the state BLUE (or at least purple).

Regardless - LONG LIVE NET NEUTRALITY!

Chocobo cardboardcowboy • 3 days ago
Yeah, but Texas is the most interesting because of the strong Tech industry growth there. In addition to that it's the foothold of the south and when you look at the map the south is looking pretty sad there. There isn't a single state that's even neutral.