SaintMisbehavin
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Post by SaintMisbehavin on Dec 12, 2017 11:02:07 GMT -5
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Post by marshotel on Dec 12, 2017 23:05:08 GMT -5
This isn't good for anyone, unfortunately the vote on Thursday seems more of a formality.
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Quackman
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Post by Quackman on Dec 13, 2017 15:28:54 GMT -5
This isn't good for anyone, unfortunately the vote on Thursday seems more of a formality. Not true, it's great for AT&T, Spectrum, Cox and all of the other internet providers. The rest of us ... not so much.
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Post by marshotel on Dec 14, 2017 15:28:23 GMT -5
This isn't good for anyone, unfortunately the vote on Thursday seems more of a formality. Voting goes as expected, let the lawsuits begin!
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Post by Quackman on Dec 14, 2017 16:38:13 GMT -5
Heartbreaking. What a craven, money grab of a move.
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Post by olddave on Dec 14, 2017 21:51:20 GMT -5
You guys could be right. Been in place for 2 years now. I have Spectrum and everyone has been bitching about the service last 2 years. Probrably one of those damn if you do or damned if you don't.
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Post by gutman on Dec 26, 2017 11:15:16 GMT -5
You guys could be right. Been in place for 2 years now. I have Spectrum and everyone has been bitching about the service last 2 years. Probrably one of those damn if you do or damned if you don't. You haven't had Net Neutrality for 2 years now. It has been in place since the beginning of the internet. At first, ISP's had very little ability to discriminate one packet over another based on type or origin. They tried to create QOS, but typically it had to happen on the end user site, not on the network. Then in a post 9/11 world, they started to introduce new abilities into the network for priority access for first responders, and ISP's started to tinker with their network and saw new possibilities for revenue. Neutrality was always the standard though. In 2005, under the GWB/Powell FCC, the FCC sued a small ISP for breaking Neutrality rules when it tried to stop/slow VOIP connections on it's network. While the case settled out of court, neutrality was upheld and the precedent was set that the FCC would enforce neutrality. The case became known as the Madison River Case. Fast forward a decade, and the US was getting ready to hand over control of ICANN to the world, and the major fear was that without US Control of internet domains, there would be no way to enforce neutrality, and the US Government moved to change it from a general rule/standard to a law to protect the most free and open economy the world has ever known. The FCC removing net neutrality rules will have little to no effect on the US Business or Consumer in the short term, but if upheld, in the long term will be a corporatist gift to the ISP companies, and the biggest contest delivery companies on the web, while squashing any potential upstarts on the web. Merry Christmas Verizon, Spectrum, AT&T, and the rest of the ISP's! What a glorious end of the year for you! Merry Christmas Hulu, Google, Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, and all the rest of the biggest content delivery sites. Most of you campaigned against the removal of Net Neutrality rules, so thank you for that, but you have just won the internet. Yes you will have to share some of your revenue with the ISP's to keep your business afloat, but you can now just spend a little money and quash any competitor that ever decides to threaten your business!
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