FCC Orders Net Neutrality To End In April
The Federal Communications Commission has ordered net neutrality to end on April 23, the agency formally announced Thursday in the Federal Register.
The commission voted 3-2 in December to overturn Obama-era rules preventing internet service providers, or ISPs, from treating certain content differently. The change will allow ISPs to block, slow down, or charge more for certain content as they see fit. That means consumers could notice a difference in how they experience sites like Netflix and Facebook, compared with websites of smaller companies.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 22, 2018 8:46 PM
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How many deplorables will make the connection when their internet experience starts sucking?
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 22, 2018 3:48 PM
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I hope the court challenges to this by the states and other Internet entities are successful. This is blatant crony regulation by a craven partisan Trump-appointed hack. It could have a ton of very serious unintended consequences.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 22, 2018 3:49 PM
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r2 Some states' governors and Attorneys general are challenging the end of net neutrality. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff dot org) fights for net neutrality and has a number of ways you can join them to help prevent the end of net neutrality.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 22, 2018 3:51 PM
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R2, Vote Democrat. All it took was one Republican to stop this. Just one.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 22, 2018 3:51 PM
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The measure has backing from all 49 members of the Senate Democratic caucus, including 47 Democrats and two independents who caucus with Democrats. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is the only Republican to support the bill so far, but Democrats are trying to secure one more Republican vote.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 22, 2018 3:58 PM
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This is really really really bad.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 22, 2018 4:36 PM
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[quote]How can we fight back?
Vote out every Republican.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 22, 2018 4:44 PM
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If I recall, a number of democratic senators like Harris and Gillibrand tweeted they had enough votes now to turn over the FCC's decision.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 22, 2018 5:23 PM
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R10 nope they need one more vote.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 22, 2018 5:28 PM
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FWIW some providers have already stated that they will not throttle. It will be up to consumers and consumer orgs to hold them to their statements.
In fact, for my provider, it is apparently a "core tenant."
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 22, 2018 5:36 PM
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Here comes the shiternet.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 22, 2018 5:38 PM
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R12 a core tenant until April 24. One Net Neutrality is gone most providers will milk consumer for every penny they can.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 22, 2018 5:38 PM
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No it "occupies" their statement. It is a tenant :P
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 22, 2018 5:55 PM
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R12, just like some businesses are claiming they are giving bonuses to their employees thanks to the tax cuts. It's theater designed to get the public to support them or at least not oppose them enough to do anything about it.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 22, 2018 6:06 PM
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But Democrats and Republicans are both the same! Obama was just a Republican with a better vocabulary! Drone strikes! WAAHHHH!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 22, 2018 6:07 PM
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[quote][bold]Elections have consequences[/bold]
Should be the first line AND the last line of every civics textbook, every new citizens' handbook, every political science textbook, every Boy and Girl Scouts handbook, every NAACP, GLAAD, HRC, NARAL, MADD, NORML, American Library Association, NEA, Urban League, DLC, OFA, and local community orginization publication.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 22, 2018 6:37 PM
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If you don’t have a VPN, you need to get one now. Protect yourself.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 22, 2018 8:46 PM
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