US gives up on Net Neutrality

[juryduty]

How much slower, more expensive and restricted should Americans expect their internet to become? Will it lightly get to the point there it effects schools ability to deliver internet to all their students?

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/34585-us-gives-up-on-net-neutrality

The Federal Communications Commission has given up on the idea of net-neutrality and will let telcos charge content companies for bandwidth. Instead of fighting the telcos, it will instead give them exactly what they want and provide a better service to those who pay for it and throttle those who can’t.

The proposed rules are a complete turnaround for the FCC on the subject of so-called net neutrality, the principle that Internet users should have equal ability to see any content they choose, and that no content providers should be discriminated against in providing their offerings to consumers.

The FCC's previous rules governing net neutrality were thrown out by a federal appeals court this year. The court said those rules had essentially treated Internet service providers as public utilities, which violated a previous FCC ruling that Internet links were not to be governed by the same strict regulation as telephone or electric service.

Still it looks like people in the US will end up paying through the nose for their Internet content. Netflix has just charged its customers an extra $2 after making an agreement with telcos not to throttle its content.

 

[MustBeGood]

Just heard the story on the radio.

Money maker to recapture capital expenses that the telecom companies are spending as they are trying to get back for providing high speed net connections.

Another example on how special interests groups get their way with lobbing for laws/favors policies when they = $.

 

[juryduty]

So I assume this means that the US will fall even further behind the rest of the world when it comes to internet quality and pricing. As it is, it is behind most if not all of Europe. Won't it be funny if Mexico starts having better services than the US in this department?

 

[Rey C.]

The corporate powers behind this have contributed heavily to both political parties, so this comes as no surprise. Obama is too busy telling Putin that he has to be less homophobic while he's invading Ukraine and the GOPers are too busy making sure that some delusional wingnut can graze his cows for free on Federal land.

Meanwhile, Americans who use (ANY!) Google services have to give the company the right to peruse their emails and track them from sunrise to sunset... and Eric Holder is asleep at the wheel. Are we fucked? What do you think???

 

[STDiva]

Ordinary people with a free flow of information is bad news for the government and corporations.

The internet should be available to everyone like water or electricity.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

Ordinary people with a free flow of information is bad news for the government and corporations.

The internet should be available to everyone like water or electricity.

Goddamn hippie.