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HR 5252 Bill Dies

Posted by Zonk on from the tubes-will-remain-neutral-for-a-little-while-longer dept.

Oronar writes to mention a post on the 'Save the Internet' site applauding the death of Ted Stevens' bill. From the post: "The fate of Net Neutrality has now been passed to what appears to be a more Web-friendly Congress ... The end of this Congress -- and death of Sen. Ted Stevens' bad bill -- gives us the chance to have a long overdue public conversation about what the future of the Internet should look like. This will not only include ensuring Net Neutrality, but making the Internet faster, more affordable and accessible."

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  1. Re:summary of ted stevens' bill? by forgotten_my_nick · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It is possible to have a system that works for pro-QoS people and maintain Net Neutrality.

    My ISP does it. :/

    Basically they have different tiers of speed and contention. You pay the top amount and I get 3MB line with 12:1 and 100GB download a month (after which contention shoots up).

    Lower level means if you just browse normal webpages then the speed is ok'ish.

    I can't see the QoS as anything other then trying to force other companies out of the marketplace that is the internet.