Obama urges FCC to protect net neutrality

[Ipquarx]

http://youtu.be/uKcjQPVwfDk

/discuss

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[Katadeus]

Huzzah!

[Blocky943]

amazing.

[KickFlow]

Maybe he's not all that bad after all.

[Oasis]

http://gizmodo.com/ted-cruzs-net-neutrality-take-isnt-just-dumb-its-dange-1656821283

A better title for this topic would actually be:

Ted Cruz, still a megacunt.

Edit: Even loving better:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/10/obama-wants-ban-on-internet-fast-lane-deals/

I'm done. Just done.

[Blockzillahead]

so would someone with a high speed connection really care about this anyway?

[Ipquarx]

so would someone with a high speed connection really care about this anyway?

Yes, because your connection would end up being 5x faster than it is now for the same price.

[Oasis]

Yes, because your connection would end up being 5x faster than it is now for the same price.

But only to certain websites.

so would someone with a high speed connection really care about this anyway?

Yeah, this is on both sides of the highway, consumers and site owners.

Internet activists say the FCC should reclassify the Internet as a public utility under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act to ensure it has enough power to regulate the Internet effectively. That's exactly what industry doesn't want to happen. Industry officials say they are committed to an open Internet in general but want flexibility to think up new ways to package and sell Internet services.

Sums it up well.

[Blockzillahead]

what if its so fast that 5x doesn't make a difference. what if it loads youtube 1080 instantly. that 5x is invisible

its weird idk how to explain it

[Ipquarx]

what if its so fast that 5x doesn't make a difference. what if it loads youtube 1080 instantly. that 5x is invisible

its weird idk how to explain it

The average person in the states has a 7mb/s (that's 875KB/s) internet connection. With net neutrality, that would raise significantly and people wouldn't be stuck with anything less than 1MB/s. Maybe 2MB/s minimum. I don't know for sure.

[Oasis]

what if its so fast that 5x doesn't make a difference. what if it loads youtube 1080 instantly. that 5x is invisible

its weird idk how to explain it

Yeah, you don't really know what's going on, lol.

The average person in the states has a 7mb/s (that's 875KB/s) internet connection. With net neutrality, that would raise significantly and people wouldn't be stuck with anything less than 1MB/s.

Uh... what?

[Blockzillahead]

im confused I thought your isp gives you the speed you paid for, but sites will slow down their speeds to you if another isp made a deal with them. so if its 1gb/s what does that slow down to? 100mb/s? why does net neutrality give you more speed if it isn't in your internet plan?

[Planr]

The average person in the states has a 7mb/s (that's 875KB/s) internet connection. With net neutrality, that would raise significantly and people wouldn't be stuck with anything less than 1MB/s.

Without net neutrality, the cable companies will be able to throttle back people's internet speeds to a crawl unless they pay through the nose to get what is currently considered "regular" internet speeds. These companies are nothing but greedy monopolies. I hate it. If the internet is reclassified as a public communications service, that'll put the corrupt dealings that the cable companies are doing out of practice.

[dkamm65]

inb4 Kearn saying net neutrality is a bad thing because Obama says it's a good thing.

[Ipquarx]

Uh... what?

http://www.statetechmagazine.com/article/2013/02/average-internet-connection-speed-every-state-america

Average all those together and you get ~7
And like I said, I'm just speculating. If I'm wrong you can politely correct me and I'll shut up

Without net neutrality, the cable companies will be able to throttle back people's internet speeds to a crawl unless they pay through the nose to get what is currently considered "regular" internet speeds.

Yes, this is another reason why net neutrality is good