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The Trump Administration Just Voted To Repeal the US Government's Net Neutrality Rules (recode.net)
The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to dismantle landmark rules regulating the businesses that connect consumers to the internet, granting broadband companies power to potentially reshape Americans' online experiences. The agency scrapped so-called net neutrality regulations that prohibited broadband providers from blocking websites or charging for higher-quality service or certain content. The federal government will also no longer regulate high-speed internet delivery as if it were a utility, like phone services. From a report: Under the leadership of Chairman Ajit Pai -- and with only the backing of the agency's Republican members -- the repeal newly frees telecom companies from federal regulation, unravels a signature accomplishment of the Obama administration and shifts the responsibility of overseeing the web to another federal agency that some critics see as too weak to be effective. In practice, it means the U.S. government no longer will have rules on its books that require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally. The likes of AT&T and Verizon will be limited in some ways -- they can face penalties if they try to undermine their rivals, for example -- but they won't be subject to preemptive, bright-line restrictions on how they manage their networks. Meanwhile, the FCC's repeal will open the door for broadband providers to charge third parties, like tech giants, for faster delivery of their web content.
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I don't respond to AC's.
Netflix was paying for a connection to a 3rd party, 3rd party was connection directly to Comcast via a peering arrangement. Netflix traffic started overwhelming 3rd parties connection to Comcast. Netflix wanted a free connection directly to Comcasts network which Comcast would not provide. Netflix and Comcast work out an arrangement where Netflix now pays for a direct connection to Comcasts network bypassing said 3rd party. This is how the net is supposed to work, Comcast has no obligation to give you, I or Netflix a free direct connection to their network. The Netflix lie really drives me up the wall.