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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 12:22 PM Nov 2017

The FCC has unveiled its plan to repeal its net neutrality rules

Source: The Washington Post




By Brian Fung November 21 at 11:18 AM

Federal regulators unveiled a plan Tuesday that would give Internet providers broad powers to determine what websites and online services their customers can see and use.

The move sets the stage for a crucial vote next month at the Federal Communications Commission that could reshape the entire digital ecosystem. The agency’s Republican chairman, Ajit Pai, has made undoing the government's net neutrality rules one of his top priorities, and Tuesday's move hands a win to broadband companies such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast. The firms have argued that the rules kept them from developing innovative new business models to compete with the likes of Facebook and Google.

Pai is taking aim at regulations that were approved just two years ago under a Democratic presidency and that sought to make sure all Internet content, whether from big or small companies, would be treated equally by Internet providers.

The decision will be put to a vote at the agency's Dec. 14 meeting in Washington. It is expected to pass, with the GOP controlling three of the commission's five seats.

Story developing...

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The FCC has unveiled its plan to repeal its net neutrality rules (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP
This is going to be a mess. BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #1
Lawsuits galore Iliyah Nov 2017 #2
It's time to take to the streets and protest about this. nt iluvtennis Nov 2017 #3
One of the most impactful things you can do to help save net neutrality before Nov. 22... CousinIT Nov 2017 #9
Thank you. I will call today. iluvtennis Nov 2017 #13
LOL, we protested more under Obama. joshcryer Nov 2017 #17
Elections have consequences, so does this really come as a surprise to anyone? still_one Nov 2017 #4
They can't use Russia as much anymore, so the GOP has to win, somehow! C Moon Nov 2017 #5
Goodbye internet.... jimmil Nov 2017 #6
step one: throw and election Javaman Nov 2017 #7
I ditched cable TV bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #8
ergh, will we survive this administration? octoberlib Nov 2017 #10
We need a veto proof democratic congress. docgee Nov 2017 #11
gofccyourself.com getting old in mke Nov 2017 #12
This... this is gonna get ugly sakabatou Nov 2017 #14
With the three republicans twits sitting on this FCC panel turbinetree Nov 2017 #15
At what point do consumers say enough? We have to fight these assholes. YOHABLO Nov 2017 #16
When their netflix video gets throttled down to low res. joshcryer Nov 2017 #18

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
2. Lawsuits galore
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 12:32 PM
Nov 2017

These people should not have the right to change shit without an open forum. Sue the shit out of them. Tie them in court for years. Fuck them. Democracy be damn.

CousinIT

(9,151 posts)
9. One of the most impactful things you can do to help save net neutrality before Nov. 22...
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 01:31 PM
Nov 2017
...is to make phone calls to Congress.

If offices get more phone calls from constituents, we can persuade them to stop the catastrophic plan to repeal net neutrality.

Please Call: 424-363-4877

We will connect you to the offices of your lawmakers. (this is from https://savethenetfromtrump.com/)

You can use this script when talking to them -- just introduce yourself, be polite, and say:

"I support 'Title Two' net neutrality rules and I urge you to oppose the FCC's plan to repeal them. Specifically, I'd like you to contact the FCC Chairman and demand he abandon his current plan."

jimmil

(629 posts)
6. Goodbye internet....
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 12:54 PM
Nov 2017

Hello FOX 24/7 everywhere you are. I can hear it now, "FOX NEWS, the one source for all your news and information that you need."

Javaman

(62,439 posts)
7. step one: throw and election
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 12:56 PM
Nov 2017

step two: limit the ability, of the lower class, to get information


I said to my gf when moron was elected, if he lasts a full term, we will be back to handbills for information.

bucolic_frolic

(42,662 posts)
8. I ditched cable TV
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 12:57 PM
Nov 2017

and am studying methods and consequences of ditching internet access for all but public, free library and Wifi

So far I find it doable. Planning ahead, with decades of internet experience. I can run an eBay business, trade stocks,
read what I need to read instead of everything in sight, and have much more leisure time for reading. I want to read
important books. A life lost browsing the internet is a life lost to frivolous concerns, and largely the concerns of others.

Set your own agenda. The days of corporations dictating to me are over.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
10. ergh, will we survive this administration?
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 01:48 PM
Nov 2017





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$19.99 a month to access: Anything not explicitly pro-Trump

#NetNeutrality

getting old in mke

(813 posts)
12. gofccyourself.com
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 02:54 PM
Nov 2017

John Oliver has provide a site that links to the otherwise complicated to find comments page for Net Neutrality:

http://gofccyourself.com

My text was "The internet has become an essential to participating in modern life, as much as electricity and other public utilities. Since I don't believe that appropriate laws to ensure this will be passed anytime soon, I believe that we need strong regulation and enforcement of net neutrality, leaving it under Title II classification. Allowing ISPs to provide different levels of service for different content will, despite all good intentions, inevitably result in defacto censorship and inappropriately advantage existing content providers."

Feel free to copy/amend for your submission.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
15. With the three republicans twits sitting on this FCC panel
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 06:29 PM
Nov 2017

The U.S. ranks 28th in the world in mobile internet speeds

We have slower mobile internet than Greece. Greece!


But don't fear we have a fucking enabler .......................

The U.S. lags behind much of the rest of the developed world in mobile internet speeds, ranking 28th.

The U.K. has the fastest mobile speeds, with an average of 26 megabits per second, according to the latest State of the Internet Report by content delivery company Akamai. Among the 62 countries Akamai measured, the U.S. isn’t even in the Top 25, at 10.7 Mbps. (The U.S. ranks 10th in the world for average wireline internet speed.)

Measuring mobile internet speeds is increasingly more important as mobile takes up a bigger share of our overall internet usage and as people increasingly use phones as their main source of internet.

And as anyone with a smartphone knows, 4G LTE is only 4G LTE in some places. As an especially large country, coverage levels vary significantly in the U.S., even within the same city — not to mention rural areas where the network options are further limited.

U.S. telecoms are in the process of rolling out newer, faster networks, so the speed will improve. But don’t get too excited. Network technologies like 5G are still in testing.

https://www.recode.net/2017/6/7/15747486/united-states-developed-world-mobile-internet-speeds-akamai




joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
18. When their netflix video gets throttled down to low res.
Tue Nov 21, 2017, 07:19 PM
Nov 2017

And their rates go up because netflix will have to pay a larger fee for higher bandwidth.

So never.

Because this is just going to be a nickle and diming of the consumer and we'll just quietly let it happen.

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