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[NEWS] Yet again the FCC is threatening net neutrality (PETITION)
TristanLuigi:
--- Quote from: ultimamax on November 22, 2017, 10:41:30 PM ---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)
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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:
--- Quote from: beachbum111111 on November 22, 2017, 10:47:34 PM ---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.
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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