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Bo-4
02-26-2015, 01:53 PM
Victory for the little guys who will henceforth be able to compete! Republicans opposed it of course, because they always defend their corporate overlords.


WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to approve strong net neutrality rules in a stunning decision that defies vocal, months-long opposition by telecom and cable companies and Republicans on Capitol Hill.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/26/net-neutrality-fcc-vote_n_6761702.html

Common Sense
02-26-2015, 01:55 PM
Those who still have no idea what net neutrality actually means hate this simply because it has something to do with "government".

Cigar
02-26-2015, 01:55 PM
Yet another Obama Victory during the GOP Control of Both Houses :laugh:

Cigar
02-26-2015, 01:57 PM
Those who still have no idea what net neutrality actually means hate this simply because it has something to do with "government".

But the second someone charges them for Bandwidth ... they'd understnd. :laugh:

exotix
02-26-2015, 01:57 PM
Are you sure this isn't a rumor ?


http://i61.tinypic.com/2j1sk7k.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibuGa59VR5w

Cigar
02-26-2015, 01:59 PM
Regulators move to toughen Internet provider rules




WASHINGTON — Internet service providers like Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile would have to act in the "public interest" when providing a mobile connection to your home or phone, under new rules being considered by the Federal Communications Commission.

The rules would put the Internet in the same regulatory camp as the telephone, banning providers from "unjust or unreasonable" business practices.

The FCC vote on the rules scheduled Thursday is considered a victory for consumer advocates and companies like Netflix and Twitter that have long warned that some providers want to create paid "fast lanes" on the Internet, edging out cash-strapped startups and smaller Internet-based businesses.

The broadband industry is expected to sue, arguing that the plan constitutes dangerous overreach. Republicans in Congress said they will try to pass legislation scrapping the rules, although it's unlikely that such a bill would be signed into law by President Barack Obama.


Read more: http://www.wral.com/regulators-move-toward-tougher-rules-for-internet-providers/14472803/

Bo-4
02-26-2015, 02:02 PM
Are you sure this isn't a rumor ?

http://i61.tinypic.com/2j1sk7k.jpg

It's a series of tubes. :cool:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f99PcP0aFNE

waltky
12-14-2017, 07:41 PM
Granny wonderin' what we got now - Republican neutrality rules?...
:huh:
FCC Scraps Net Neutrality Rules in US
December 14, 2017 - There could soon be a major change in what Americans see on the internet after federal regulators voted Thursday to scrap traditional "net neutrality" rules.


Thursday's 3-2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission went along party lines, with Republican members voting to end the regulations and Democrats dissenting. Individual states will also be barred from enacting their own rules governing the internet. Net neutrality has been the norm since the internet was created more than 30 years ago. The FCC under former President Barack Obama formalized net neutrality rules in 2015. The idea of net neutrality is for giant internet providers to treat all content equally. The Obama-era rules prevented them from giving preferential treatment to their own services and blocking and slowing down content from rivals. Consumer groups and internet companies like net neutrality.


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Federal Communications Commission Commissioners Mignon Clyburn, left, and Jessica Rosenworcel answer a question from the media after an FCC meeting to vote on net neutrality regulations, Dec. 14, 2017, in Washington.

But FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, said the internet needs what he calls a "light touch" instead of what he believes is unnecessary government regulation. "Prior to 2015, before these regulations were imposed, we had a free and open internet," Pai told NBC ahead of the vote. "That is the future as well under a light touch, market-based approach. Consumers benefit, entrepreneurs benefit. Everybody in the internet economy is better off with a market-based approach." But Democratic FCC member Mignon Clyburn said the FCC was "handing the keys to the internet" to a "handful of multibillion-dollar corporations."

British engineer Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, said this week that getting rid of net neutrality rules meant internet service providers "will have the power to decide which websites you can access and at what speed each will load. In other words, they'll be able to decide which companies succeed online, which voices are heard — and which are silenced." Officials in several states, including New York and Washington, said they would challenge the new rules in court.

Explainer: Net Neutrality

Kacper
12-15-2017, 06:28 AM
Granny wonderin' what we got now - Republican neutrality rules?...
:huh:


The Congress can mandate no slow/fast lanes without imposing a burdensome utility status on ISP's, particularly wireless broadband providers who face more logistical problems than cable providers like "How do we get signal to this customer when there is a tree/building in the way and we do not have the right to mount anything on a utility pole?"