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This Burger King video is the net neutrality explainer you never knew you needed

January 24, 2018

Burger King might seem like an unlikely source for a pretty darn good net neutrality explainer, but their new video is just that. 

In “Whopper Neutrality,” a Burger King rolls out a change in Whopper prices that gets customers pretty pissed. If they want their burgers immediately, they’ll have to pay more money; if they pay the basic Whopper price, they’ll have to wait.

“Whopper neutrality was repealed,” explains a restaurant worker. “They voted on it.”

The restaurant charges Whoppers in tiers of “MBPS,” or “Making Burgers Per Second,” with fast lanes and slow lanes. 

“My god! This is the worst thing I’ve ever heard of!” a distraught customer yells. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | This Burger King video is the net neutrality explainer you never knew you needed

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