Tech Giants Rally Today in Support of Net Neutrality (AT&T says "Me Too")

[Jimbo101]

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Technology giants like Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, Facebook, Google, Twitter and many others are rallying today in a so-called "day of action" in support of net neutrality, five days ahead of the first deadline for comments on the US Federal Communications Commission's planned rollback of the rules. In a move that's equal parts infuriating and exasperating, Ajit Pai, the FCC's new chairman appointed by President Trump, wants to scrap the open internet protections installed in 2015 under the Obama administration. Those consumer protections mean providers such as AT&T, Charter, Comcast, and Verizon are prevented from blocking or slowing down access to the web. Sites across the web will display alerts on their homepages showing "blocked," "upgrade," and "spinning wheel of death" pop-ups to demonstrate what the internet would look like without net neutrality, according to advocacy group Battle for the Net. But most of the pop-ups The Verge has seen have been simple banners or static text with links offering more information.

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[SweetieD]

1. These cable providers cant give even one argument about how this might benefit their

customers? Is there any legitimate argument why service should be blocked or slowed to certain sites? Other than them just being able to charge you more? People are so used to wifi and fast internet and being able to access any site. I don't think people will appreciate being blocked. And even if this goes through, I think it is something consumers would rally around to get lifted.