DC Circuit strikes down major portions of "net neutrality rules"

[onenote]

Disclosure rules upheld; anti-blocking and anti-discrimination rules struck down.

[LuvNewcastle]

1. So what does that mean? I'm not familiar with the net neutrality rules.

[djean111]

2. Net neutrality is gone.

The only way to get it back is to ask Congress, because the court ruled the FCC did not have the right to enforce net neutrality.
And, as we all damn well should know by now, corporations own Washington DC, lock, stock and barrel. So that's not gonna happen unless an Elizabeth Warren can fight for it.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. Inch by inch, they take a little more and a little more until finally, nothing's left.

Have we had enough yet?

[Paulie]

4. Your costs for internet and services will go up and your ISP can block your favorite sites

Unless your favorite sites pays them to carry that traffic even though you are already paying for your internet from your provider. That used to be called double dipping now it's business as usual.

[LuvNewcastle]

7. I am so sick of this shit. The greed is so out of control in this country that

they can't let themselves leave a few crumbs for the rest of us. I just can't understand people who are that fucking greedy. The people running this country have got to be the worst people in the world.

[Orangepeel]

3. Bad news

Appeals Court Rules Against FCC on Net Neutrality Rules
A federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission's open Internet rules, in a ruling that could give broadband providers more room to charge content companies for faster speeds.

The FCC rules were designed to ensure that Internet service providers treat similar content on broadband pipes equally. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the FCC lacked the authority to impose antidiscrimination rules because it had failed to classify broadband Internet as a common-carrier service.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304049704579320500441593462

[djean111]

6. http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2013/09/d-c-circuit-judges-voice-skepticism-of-fcc-net

“I was hoping for a better argument than this,” Andy Schwartzman, a media attorney who supports the rules, said in an interview. “It doesn't look good for the commission.”

A ruling striking down the anti-discrimination rule would be a blow to the Obama administration, as well as to companies like Google, Facebook and Netflix, who could begin having to pay Internet providers for priority access to users.

Helgi Walker, the attorney representing Verizon, told the judges that Verizon will consider charging certain Web companies for faster service if the rules are overturned. The decision could result in a multitiered Internet where users are able to access certain sites at faster speeds than others.

And our corporate ass-kissing lapdogs in DC will not change it.