Net Neutrality
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So I think I kind of got it. Basically, if someone has Verizon and uses Twitter and Facebook, Twitter would pay Verizon to make their site connect and be used quicker than Facebook. I'm sort of on the right track, right? So this net neutrality thing takes that away. Tell me if I'm wrong but I think I have a sort of general idea.
I think every single person in this thread misunderstands what the vote today means.
IT MEANS THE GOVERNMENT IS BLOCKING YOUR ISP FROM CHARGING YOU ON A SERVED-CONTENT BASIS. THE INTERNET WILL REMAIN A NEUTRAL GROUND, SAME AS IT ALWAYS HAS, AND YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER MUST PROVIDE CONTENT TO YOU ON EQUAL TERMS TO ALL OTHER CONSUMERS OF THEIR SERVICE.
Basically, everyone that was protesting against the changes big-name ISPs were requesting in the past couple years has WON THEIR FIGHT. This is a great day for Americans who use the internet.
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This comic explains this issue much better than I ever could hope to:
http://economixcomix.com/home/net-neutrality/
IT MEANS THE GOVERNMENT IS BLOCKING YOUR ISP FROM CHARGING YOU ON A SERVED-CONTENT BASIS. THE INTERNET WILL REMAIN A NEUTRAL GROUND, SAME AS IT ALWAYS HAS, AND YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER MUST PROVIDE CONTENT TO YOU ON EQUAL TERMS TO ALL OTHER CONSUMERS OF THEIR SERVICE.
Basically, everyone that was protesting against the changes big-name ISPs were requesting in the past couple years has WON THEIR FIGHT. This is a great day for Americans who use the internet.
Edit:
This comic explains this issue much better than I ever could hope to:
http://economixcomix.com/home/net-neutrality/
I don't think anyone misunderstands it. People don't have a problem with "net neutrality". People have a problem with the FCC controlling it and the risk that ISPs might start charging people more to make up for the loss
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You saying you have read their entire 300+ page secret policy? Sure what they "say" it is sounds good, but what power did we REALLY just give them?
If the policy is such a good thing, why is it kept secret? Only a sheep accepts what the government says without question, especially when they keep things in the dark.
You're daft, friendo. Maybe work on your reading skills. Nowhere did I say I've read the policy, but before the FCC voted on it they put out a fact-sheet on what is in the policy and are currently working to get it digitized and posted to transition.fcc.gov. That, in addition to the fact that ISPs in America are immediately frothing at the mouth to file lawsuit after lawsuit over it, tells me the FCC has done the right thing.
Oh?
Hmm yes I see that you understand it perfectly.
Doesn't this mean a blow to free enterprise? Not such a bad thing if used to control monopolies, but this seems an erosion of competition, giving the government backstage control of the American superhighway.
Is America taking a step towards communism?
I'll just leave this here for your perusal.
“What if there’s some decision that just shocks everybody … It’s happened time and time again where FCC regulations get tested, the decision goes against the FCC and they fight it for years. Just like the wardrobe malfunction from the Super Bowl in 2004, they spent money for 8 years. The FCC that you want to be the department of the internet is the company that spent taxpayer money trying to cover, debating, arguing the penalty of showing Janet Jackson’s nipple … Now those people who want to protect decency in the United States and the content that’s delivered over the internet is the purview of the FCC, where else would you go?”
Is America taking a step towards communism?
I'll just leave this here for your perusal.
“What if there’s some decision that just shocks everybody … It’s happened time and time again where FCC regulations get tested, the decision goes against the FCC and they fight it for years. Just like the wardrobe malfunction from the Super Bowl in 2004, they spent money for 8 years. The FCC that you want to be the department of the internet is the company that spent taxpayer money trying to cover, debating, arguing the penalty of showing Janet Jackson’s nipple … Now those people who want to protect decency in the United States and the content that’s delivered over the internet is the purview of the FCC, where else would you go?”
