Net Neutrality might end.

[VG_Addict]

https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-fccs-p...ity-1820683360

The order, if passed on December 14th during the FCC’s open hearing, would effectively abdicate the commission’s authority to regulate ISPs under Title II of the Communications Act, significantly curtailing oversight of broadband access.

Say goodbye to the internet as we know it if this passes.

https://www.battleforthenet.com/

[Batman]

wait...this is bad for porn isn't it?

[walrus]

https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-fccs-p...ity-1820683360

The order, if passed on December 14th during the FCC’s open hearing, would effectively abdicate the commission’s authority to regulate ISPs under Title II of the Communications Act, significantly curtailing oversight of broadband access.

Say goodbye to the internet as we know it if this passes.

https://www.battleforthenet.com/

Interesting but social media already puts out the news they approve and blocks people they don't agree with, I guess it can always get worse

[walrus]

https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/19/th...yre-wrong/amp/
Don't know much about it yet but the arguments supporting getting rid of it do have merit. Important to look at both sides

[Dannl99]

Luckily for us Canadians, Trudeau seems to be doubling down in his support of net neutrality

[walrus]

Luckily for us Canadians, Trudeau seems to be doubling down in his support of net neutrality

Trudeau also loves diversity and gender fluidity and likes to give terrorists with in his borders large government payouts

[Dannl99]

Luckily for us Canadians, Trudeau seems to be doubling down in his support of net neutrality

Trudeau also loves diversity and gender fluidity and likes to give terrorists with in his borders large government payouts

He certainly does, when he's not flying around the country apologising for shit

[walrus]

Google, Apple and other 100 billion dollar behemoths are arguing to keep net neutrality, that makes me wonder it may be good to get rid of it. One thing though, if it gives Comcast too much power I wouldn't like that, I pay a Comcast bill every month and they always find some way to add charges

[ruthless rocco]

you dumb

[Gandalf]

You tell 'em Rocco.

[walrus]

you dumb

Rocco net neutrality, if disposed of, would give Comcast and similar companies more power to charge companies using their service. I could teach you about it but I'm not good with special ed kids

[brocktonblockbust]

luckily for us canadians, trudeau seems to be doubling down in his support of net neutrality

trudeau also loves diversity and gender fluidity and likes to give terrorists with in his borders large government payouts

he certainly does, when he's not flying around the country apologising for shit :-x

#soliloquy

[ruthless rocco]

you dumb

Rocco net neutrality, if disposed of, would give Comcast and similar companies more power to charge companies using their service. I could teach you about it but I'm not good with special ed kids

[Kirkland Laing]

Google, Apple and other 100 billion dollar behemoths are arguing to keep net neutrality, that makes me wonder it may be good to get rid of it. One thing though, if it gives Comcast too much power I wouldn't like that, I pay a Comcast bill every month and they always find some way to add charges

They've now found a way to add more:


We wrote earlier this week about how Comcast has changed its promises to uphold net neutrality by pulling back from previous statements that it won't charge websites or other online applications for fast lanes.
Comcast spokesperson Sena Fitzmaurice has been claiming that we got the story wrong. But a further examination of how Comcast's net neutrality promises have changed over time reveals another interesting tidbit—Comcast deleted a "no paid prioritization" pledge from its net neutrality webpage on the very same day that the Federal Communications Commission announced its initial plan to repeal net neutrality rules.

[...]


That statement remained on the page until April 26 of this year, according to page captures from the Internet Archive's WayBack Machine.
But on April 27, the paid prioritization pledge was nowhere to be found on that page and remains absent now.
What changed? It was on April 26 that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced the first version of his plan to eliminate net neutrality rules. Since then, Pai has finalized his repeal plan, and the FCC will vote to drop the rules on December 14.


https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...ounced-repeal/

And that guy Pai, guess what he did for a living before Trump appointed him to run the FCC? He was a corporate lawyer for Verizon and Comcast. And guess where he's going to work when he leaves the FCC at a much higher salary than he was on before plus a directorship? Yeah.

Out of interest, how much do you pay for your phone and internet service?

[walrus]

Google, Apple and other 100 billion dollar behemoths are arguing to keep net neutrality, that makes me wonder it may be good to get rid of it. One thing though, if it gives Comcast too much power I wouldn't like that, I pay a Comcast bill every month and they always find some way to add charges

They've now found a way to add more:


We wrote earlier this week about how Comcast has changed its promises to uphold net neutrality by pulling back from previous statements that it won't charge websites or other online applications for fast lanes.
Comcast spokesperson Sena Fitzmaurice has been claiming that we got the story wrong. But a further examination of how Comcast's net neutrality promises have changed over time reveals another interesting tidbit—Comcast deleted a "no paid prioritization" pledge from its net neutrality webpage on the very same day that the Federal Communications Commission announced its initial plan to repeal net neutrality rules.

[...]


That statement remained on the page until April 26 of this year, according to page captures from the Internet Archive's WayBack Machine.
But on April 27, the paid prioritization pledge was nowhere to be found on that page and remains absent now.
What changed? It was on April 26 that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced the first version of his plan to eliminate net neutrality rules. Since then, Pai has finalized his repeal plan, and the FCC will vote to drop the rules on December 14.


https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...ounced-repeal/

And that guy Pai, guess what he did for a living before Trump appointed him to run the FCC? He was a corporate lawyer for Verizon and Comcast. And guess where he's going to work when he leaves the FCC at a much higher salary than he was on before plus a directorship? Yeah.

Out of interest, how much do you pay for your phone and internet service?

I'll need to get back to u Kirk, right now I have a good deal cause I called telling them to cancel and they dropped my bill substantially and gave me a bunch of free stuff. I have to say they did add YouTube tv and several other new things without upping the bill. This net neutrality is like everything else, it has its good, it's bad and of course people making money. I know they have packages up to around 400 and over a month. I think I'm around 130 which is wifi, tv and phone but that one will end in a few months. I did add Netflix recently so it's up more but damn Netflix plays so many B movies I don't know how long I'll keep it.

Comcast is a beast of a company, a lot of what they broadcast over is public utilities, not all of course. They do make me nervous I have no other choice than to go satellite, no cable companies can compete with Comcast.