FCC Chair: It's Ok For ISPs To Discriminate Traffic

sl4shd0rk writes "Remember when the ex-cable lobbyist Tom Wheeler was appointed to the FCC chair back in May of 2013? Turns out he's currently gunning for Internet Service Providers to be able to 'favor some traffic over other traffic.' It would set a dangerous precedent, considering the Open Internet Order in 2010 forbade such action if it fell under unreasonable discrimination. The bendy interpretation of the 2010 order is apparently aimed somewhat at Netflix, as Wheeler stated: 'Netflix might say, "I'll pay in order to make sure that my subscriber might receive the best possible transmission of this movie."'"

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Re:When will we learn?

[Rockoon]

Actually, it was not the idol fans that asked for this.

The people here at slashdot were very vocal in their support for letting the FCC include the internet on its agenda, because it came in a pretty package titled "network neutrality" -- in spite of the fact that many of us old timers told you that it will end badly if you let the FCC have any sort of authority over the internet.

The previous guy at the FCC was also a shill. He was just a slightly different shill, but working for the same business interests that the new guy is working for. The guy before that, also a shill for the very same business interests. Its shills all the way down.

Shashdot, putting their dreams ahead of reality since 1997.