RIP Net Neutrality
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- utopian0
Five myths about net neutrality
1. The Internet has never been regulated — no need to start now.
2. If new net neutrality rules aren’t adopted, the Internet will quickly fall apart.
3. Net neutrality rules will limit the growth of broadband Internet.
4. Net neutrality is a battle between corporate giants.
5. Either the Internet’s neutral or it’s not.
- sem0
How does this effect sites that are under the radar? is it more a case of "this sites doing too well, lets slow it down" or "lets slow them all down and only favour what we like" ?
If not the latter could proxies and re-directed urls not just fix those effected?
- ukit20
I think you will start to see more deals like this:
$12 A Month For Facebook
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/0…
Providers will start selling the website as service (like a cable channel) rather than giving people neutral/equal access to the entire web.
- formed0
Forced video - I wonder how this will influence ads. Personally, I'll be quite upset if I get billed for stupid video ads (anywhere). That's like being punished twice - charged to watch something you don't want to see.
Might be trivial, but I'd have to think it would have some impact on your usage....right?
- yeah advertising needs to reach a balancing point with the web. this forced video shit is just a drop, too.colin_s
- yurimon0
http://www.alternet.org/civil-li…
Get Ready for the Big Internet Slowdown
Net neutrality is under threat as the FCC considers allowing large ISPs to create separate fast lanes and slow lanes.
- bklyndroobeki0
- This guy is such a tool. Scary as all holy fuck to imagine him as president.mg33
- bklyndroobeki0
- pretty a+ of him. will be bigger legacy issue than obamacare if it happens.colin_s
- Now that the R's control so much, it probably won't matter.formed
- This is actually more of a matter for the FCC and the courts than Congressukit2
- Who wrote this? "There are no toll roads on the information superhighway?" Is it 1996?nb
- mg330
I hope everyone has seen Ted Cruz get completely torn apart by member of his own party for his comment that Net Neutrality would be Obamacare for the Internet.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/20…
Possibly the greatest set of comments I've read in a long time. Be sure to check out his own Facebook page if you're bored. It's fun to see ignorant fools torn apart.
Also, I saw a Rasmussen poll linked through Drudge that stated 61% of American oppose net neutrality. We're all smart people here. Look at these questions and tell me if you think they're a bit loaded and don't really ask the right questions.
http://m.rasmussenreports.com/pu…
1* How closely have you followed recent news reports about so-called Internet “neutrality” issues?2* Should the Internet remain “open” without regulation and censorship or should the Federal Communications Commission regulate the Internet like it does radio and television?
3* How concerned are you that if the FCC does gain regulatory control over the Internet it will lead to government efforts to control online content or promote a political agenda?
4* What is the best way to protect those who use the Internet—more government regulation or more free market competition?
5* How often do you go online and use the Internet?
6* (Answered by 908 American Internet Users) How would you rate the quality of your Internet service?
7* (Answered by 908 American Internet Users) How private are your Internet communications now?
8* (Answered by 908 American Internet Users) How likely is it that the government has monitored the Internet activity of you or a member of your family?
9* Is it any longer possible to guarantee that an individual’s Internet searches will remain private?
- formed0
http://www.washingtonpost.com/bl…
Obama is smart to push this to the top of the pile. It makes R's look like they only care about big business and profits, further solidifying what many already conclude.
"Eighty-one percent of Democrats and 85 percent of Republicans in the survey said they opposed fast lanes."
- formed0
But there is a middle ground. In Europe there is local competition, which means better services, faster connections for less money. But here in the US we have pretty much monopolies - either cable, dsl/satellite.
So opening up to more businesses would be good, but I fear that this logic will be lost between the lobbying might of ATT, etc., and the political games.
- CGN0
- deathboy0
Im more scared if controlled as a public utility that they will lobby for higher costs or small town politicians will dictate they need to run infrastructure for uber fast fiber to towns that have like ten people increasing costs for everyone. either way without healthy competition we will eventually get screwed
- No competition is what NN promotes and what we have now.formed
- vaxorcist0
I do think Net Neutrality people should have better PR spinmeisters.... maybe say
"No Internet Toll Roads"
or
"Information Superhighway, not Information Tollroad"
or,,somehow preventing the double-speak of monopolists who scream "free market" from being taken seriously....
- ukit20
Obviously the market should be made more competitive. It's ridiculous that depending where you live you might only have one ISP to choose from. But even if you had two or three companies to choose from, I'm not sure this will preserve net neutrality. Presumably the same incentives that exist for Comcast to prioritize and throttle traffic would be there for any new competitor.
Meanwhile your average consumer doesn't care about net neutrality, they only care about getting their Facebook or Netflix delivered fast and are not able to look 10 years down the road and see the negative effect on the industry. The market is not capable of handling every issue and this is a case where the public should step in and set a simple rule (equivalent to ensuring freedom of speech or other basic rights) that says you can't engage in paid prioritization schemes.
- Yeah, but look at cell competition, prices/options go down (kinda) because there are manyformed
- If it was opened up there would always be the little guy, or the big guy, like Google, that will offer more for lessformed
- Well yes price is something every consumer takes into account when choosing a service.ukit2
- But your average consumer may not understand or care about net neutrality. That's why I wonder why some people think the market will automatically solve the issue.ukit2
- market/ more competition will automatically solve the issue.ukit2
- ukit20
FCC Said to Signal It’s Heeding Obama’s Call for Open-Web Rules
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/20…
Title II for Internet providers is all but confirmed by FCC chairman
- bklyndroobeki0
- Lulz around 2:00nb
- porn?bklyndroobeki
- Why is San Francisco so slow?ukit2
- < because the infrastructure is old as balls, i used to live there, its a slow process but they've been laying down fibermoldero
- for way over a decademoldero
- He sounds pragmatic to me.organicgrid
- ukit20
Net Neutrality: How the Government Finally Got It Right