2 Days til the end of the internet as we know it?

[Crepitus]

There is a reason the internet giants like Google, Twitter, and Facebook are for keeping this government overreach. It helps them keep competition down and gives them the ability to censor speech they don’t like..

Actually if this gets repealed the providers will be able to do what you are afraid they are.

[Hoosier8]

Actually if this gets repealed the providers will be able to do what you are afraid they are.

Somehow this was not even a problem before 2015 but boy howdy did the alarmist predict it for the future.

Shackling the providers to 1930's regulations kills innovations.

[Peter1469]

I have not looked into net neutrality and don't under stand the issue.

I just wish that I could get cable channels a la carte.

[Tahuyaman]

I have not looked into net neutrality and don't under stand the issue.

I just wish that I could get cable channels a la carte.

The issue has taken a few twists and turns. It was originally intended to regulate political speech on the internet, cable TV and AM talk radio. That fell flat so they shifted the narrative.

[Tahuyaman]

Somehow this was not even a problem before 2015 but boy howdy did the alarmist predict it for the future.

Shackling the providers to 1930's regulations kills innovations.

It's an invented problem used to justify government intrusion.

[The Xl]

It seems that all the big corporate chains support net neutrality. Makes me skeptical to say the least.

[donttread]

I agree with you as I watch lawn furniture, feral cats, and small children blow past my window in this arctic wind

You should probably rescue the furniture. LOL

[Standing Wolf]

The issue has taken a few twists and turns. It was originally intended to regulate political speech on the internet, cable TV and AM talk radio. That fell flat so they shifted the narrative.

You're confusing Net Neutrality with the Fairness Doctrine, which was abolished by the FCC in 1987. The two things have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with one another.

And Hoosier8 - Crepitus is correct; in terms of what you fear, abolishing Net Neutrality would have the effect of giving Internet providers free rein over how well or how poorly, how quickly or how slowly, they provide given content and services - to, in effect, "censor" information, whether to the commercial or political advantage of themselves or others. For good or ill, the Internet has become too important for that to be allowed to happen.

[Crepitus]

The issue has taken a few twists and turns. It was originally intended to regulate political speech on the internet, cable TV and AM talk radio. That fell flat so they shifted the narrative.

Uh, NO. It was never intended to regulate speech. That would be a 1st amendment violation.

[Tahuyaman]

You're confusing Net Neutrality with the Fairness Doctrine, which was abolished by the FCC in 1987. The two things have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with one another.

And Hoosier8 - Crepitus is correct; in terms of what you fear, abolishing Net Neutrality would have the effect of giving Internet providers free rein over how well or how poorly, how quickly or how slowly, they provide given content and services - to, in effect, "censor" information, whether to the commercial or political advantage of themselves or others. For good or ill, the Internet has become too important for that to be allowed to happen.

The fairness doctrine failed. Then they created the net neutrality thing. The failure of the fairness doctrine was the motivation for net neutrality. I have neither one confused. The net neutrality thing morphed over time.


Getting rid of it will not be of any negative impact.