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Net neutrality shenanigins are happening.
Darth C3P0²:
--- Quote from: Corderlain on December 14, 2017, 10:02:04 PM ---That means literally nothing.
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did you just admit you're wrong
Corderlain:
Ripped from reddit:
What if I told you there was nothing in the existing net neutrality rules that stopped providers from throttling speeds, blocking content, or creating fast lanes?
https://techliberation.com/2017/07/12/heres-why-the-obama-fcc-internet-regulations-dont-protect-net-neutrality/
The 2016 court decision upholding the rules was a Pyrrhic victory for the net neutrality movement. In short, the decision revealed that the 2015 Open Internet Order provides no meaningful net neutrality protections–it allows ISPs to block and throttle content. As the judges who upheld the Order said, “The Order…specifies that an ISP remains ‘free to offer ‘edited’ services’ without becoming subject to the rule’s requirements.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/washingtonbytes/2017/05/15/can-isps-simply-opt-out-of-net-neutrality/
But the DC Circuit suggests that a walled garden is fine as long as the provider “mak[es it] sufficiently clear to potential customers that if provides a filtered services involving the ISP’s exercise of ‘editorial intervention.’”
Court document here,
https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/06F8BFD079A89E13852581130053C3F8/$file/15-1063-1673357.pdf
TL;DR: Nothing in previous rules prevented ISPs from throttling or blocking content. Just like before 2015.
Corderlain:
Just felt like adding that. So, internet and free speech. Directly tied together but not the same thing. Same reason books can be banned and you can't sue Badspot for banning you from this forum. Internet is a service not a right. You enter an agreement with your ISP. If you break your agreement you get what you get. Same as not paying utilities. Same as not paying phone.
Corderlain:
I am 100% for a more open internet and I think the best way to do that is remove the fees and regulations preventing new ISP companies from laying lines and break up the current monopolies. Much the same reason there isn't huge variance in gas and electric companies, politics was snuffing out fledgling local competition.
Darth C3P0²:
are you trying to claim we are all handicapped