[NEWS] Yet again the FCC is threatening net neutrality (PETITION)

[AverageDude]

Ffs even Humble Water Filter Merchant is pro net-neutrality

Alex loving Jones

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[Master Matthew²]

Looks like it was deleted

No, my dumbass accidentally typo'd an extra 9 at the end of the url.
Its fixed now

[Red Spy]

Annoying Orange is a fool for appointing pai as the chairman.
If this passes, for several reasons, he can kiss his reelection goodbyem

Ffs even Humble Water Filter Merchant is pro net-neutrality

Alex loving Jones

[Frequency]

ah, and not even the states can enact their own net neutrality laws. excellent. great going. forget this planet

on the bright side it's one step closer to a deregulated anarcho-capitalist utopia

[ultimamax]

That's pure speculation. All we have to go on is how the internet was before NN was enacted. If you don't want to pay 20$ for reddit use a different isp or package. Or bootleg like people do with cable.

Most people only really have the choice between like one or two ISPs.

Also the whole "putting the internet into packages" thing is not a myth, it's literally already happening in Portugal (they don't have NN)

[TristanLuigi]

Most people only really have the choice between like one or two ISPs.

Also the whole "putting the internet into packages" thing is not a myth, it's literally already happening in Portugal (they don't have NN)

pic (translated into english):


notice how the MEO-owned apps are free (MEO being the ISP)?
some "conservatives" are trying to pass off the repeal of net neutrality as "pro-free market" when in fact the opposite is true, since services favored by the ISP get an unfair market advantage

for once, a policy benefits both the free market and consumers, and yet a lot of the GOP is still opposed to it because they're taking money from comcast for no good reason

[beachbum111111]

So lets say this all happens. Will the ISPs throttle specific websites or will they only allow access to specific websites? This is a very important distinction.

[Red Spy]

if they throttle researchhub i'm gonna put the 2nd amendment to good use

[PhantOS]

So lets say this all happens. Will the ISPs throttle specific websites or will they only allow access to specific websites? This is a very important distinction.

they won't throttle websites. It'll be more like, if you pay for the video package then you'll have full speed, but the music app will be throttled because you didn't pay for the package.

It doesn't discriminate inside categories (mail, music, video) but between the categories.

[Verification]

oh-so itll just be like getting a little internet downgrade on certain sites. ill be fine but i want full speed youtube by default

[TristanLuigi]

oh-so itll just be like getting a little internet downgrade on certain sites. ill be fine but i want full speed youtube by default

yeah no this is not fine

you're assuming that the base package will be significantly cheaper than it is currently
besides that, there are far more egregious effects than just "internet is more expensive," as ISPs will be able to favor certain services or information sources over others

also, this isn't how the loving internet works
you aren't buying music/video/search from your ISP, you're buying access to the internet
distinguishing between categories doesn't make ANY sense

by pretending that it's any different, you're giving ISPs more leverage

[PhantOS]

oh-so itll just be like getting a little internet downgrade on certain sites. ill be fine but i want full speed youtube by default

if you watch videos 99% of the day but never check emails, you can pay for the video package and skip out on the mail package, effectively saving $6 every month. Then you'll have full speed YouTube but like no speed email

[Red Spy]

some "conservatives"

why is conservatives in air quotes

[TheABELBOTO]

where would something like the BLFs or other smaller/lower profile websites fall under? would they even be affected lol.

[TristanLuigi]

why is conservatives in air quotes

conservatism is generally defined as support for the status quo, and in the US, supportive of a free market
repealing net neutrality is neither