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FCC Moving To Retain Control of Net Neutrality

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-it's-my-pie dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The FCC is moving to take control of Net Neutrality once again due to public backlash over the issue, and plans to produce new regulation for broadband providers, as well as take a more rigorous role in their oversight. The details should be released on Thursday."

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  1. Re:Dupe much? by Pojut · · Score: 4, Funny

    Trying to get everyone to re-post their comments will be quite a task. Doesn't help you've ruined it- you never said "Dupe much" last time.

    it wasn't a dupe the first time, clod!

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  2. False dichotomy by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How about:
    - The customer decides what's fair
    - The government ensures there is enough competition so that customers actually have a choice

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    1. Re:False dichotomy by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The government ensures there is enough competition so that customers actually have a choice

      Good idea. Let's start by ending the practice of government granting monopoly status to a single provider in exchange for monetary contributions...

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  3. Re:Fail-fail by l0ungeb0y · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You are deluded.

    The government is saying "We want ALL traffic treated equally"
    Comcast is saying "we want to force Youtube, Netflix and Google to pay us or we'll THROTTLE their traffic"
    So Comcast will be taking away your choices, they'll be able to block sites, restrict traffic and essentially extort every major site on the internet.
    And you don't like it? tough. Where you going to go? AT&T? Verizon?
    They'll all be pulling the same shit. Your only choice will be between who you think will be throttling your service the least.

    With the proposed plan by the government, AT&T, Comcast and Verizon will have to leave the traffic alone and guarantee a level of QoS.
    If all that video you are downloading is too expensive, they can charge you more, and THAT will be your choice.
    And that's the way it should be.

    If I want to download 500GB of movies a week and video-chat on skype all day, I will have that choice and the services will be fast.
    But, I will have to pay for that just like anything else.

    Why do you oppose that?
    Why do you support Comcast throttling competing services and extorting them?
    Why is that to be preferred over paying an extra $20 or $40 a month if you are a heavy bandwidth hog?

    Frankly, I have had it with Americans who would rather toss-off their civil rights and protections in order to save a few bucks.

  4. Engadget has a great summary by Alakaboo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Engadget has a great summary here. The "third way" resembles what some were discussing in the earlier thread.