FCC Planning Rule Changes To Restore US Net Neutrality

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @07:40AM from the if-at-first-you-don't-succeed dept.

Karl C writes "In a statement issued today, FCC commissioner Tom Wheeler announced that the commission will begin a rule-making process to re-impose Net Neutrality, which was recently struck down in Federal court. Among the standards Wheeler intends to pursue are vigorous enforcement of a requirement for transparency in how ISPs manage traffic, and a prohibition on blocking (the 'no blocking' provision.) This seems like exactly what net neutrality activists have been demanding: Total prohibition of throttling, and vigorous enforcement of that rule, and of a transparency requirements so ISPs can't try to mealy-mouth their way around accusations that they're already throttling Netflix. Even before the court decision overturning net neutrality, Comcast and Verizon users have been noting Netflix slowdowns for months."

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No throttling? Shit! by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-19 07:45 · Score: 5, Funny

There are many times I want to throttle AT&T and with these proposed regulations, I won't be able to do it?!
NO! We must preserve out right to throttle these people!!
Re:Could we be so lucky? by The+Cat · 2014-02-19 09:21 · Score: 1, Funny

So now you are going to make it so that any pipe the ISP has, if it becomes saturated with data, they are legally required to upgrade it to a larger pipe?
Yes.