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| Donnies Catch:
--- Quote from: Foxscotch on January 22, 2017, 01:14:24 PM ---maybe you should be more concerned. big changes after a big shift in government would not be a surprise --- End quote --- yea, not to mention the former president was in favor of net neutrality, and the current one is against it, according to OP |
| SetGaming:
yay, looks like we're moving into the television age of internet what a loving bummer, i liked when i could do whatever i wanted, and now we're just going to devolve into: "there's money so therefore x" |
| otto-san:
--- Quote from: Yosher on January 22, 2017, 01:12:33 PM ---oh man net neutrality is in danger for the 1849th time this decade, this time it's totally for real guys i don't buy it --- End quote --- brief non-technical explanation for more clarity: during the obama administration, the FCC changed the way it classified broadband internet in order to help protect net neutrality. iirc, republicans in congress have been threatening to take some control away from the FCC and roll back the changes because of this for a while (not too surprising), but now that Annoying Orange is in office, he has the power to appoint the next chairman of the FCC, who will have the authority to roll back the changes without any congressional action, because the FCC has quasi-judicial and quasi-legislative power of its own. this isn't the same as a silly congressman putting one of thousands of bills into the hopper or a stuffty bill making it out of committee |
| Red Spy:
--- Quote from: Yosher on January 22, 2017, 01:12:33 PM ---oh man net neutrality is in danger for the 1849th time this decade, this time it's totally for real guys i don't buy it --- End quote --- |
| Pastrey Crust:
Does this affect users outside of the US? |
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