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'Red Alert' Protest For Net Neutrality Starts May 9 (cnet.com)
Net neutrality activists and websites like Etsy, Tumblr, Postmates, Foursquare and Twilio will post "red alerts" starting May 9 to protest the FCC's effort to roll back Obama-era net neutrality protections. From a report: This latest protest, announced Monday, is set to coincide with the next step in an ongoing process in the Senate to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to halt the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of the 2015 net neutrality rules. On May 9, senators will present a petition to force a vote on a resolution to undo the FCC's net neutrality rollback. The CRA gives Congress 60 legislative days in which to roll back the FCC's decision. The countdown for the rollback effort began in February when the FCC published its order in the Federal Register to repeal the rules. Further reading: 100 US Mayors Sign Pledge To Defend Net Neutrality Against Crooked ISPs.
Wake me when there's an actual problem, instead of people postering because they fear their own shadows.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
... I got excited for a moment because a new Command and Conquer was coming out.
The small ISP we've worked with for over fifteen years supported the repeal and in their newsletter they quoted Ajit Pai as saying, "smaller Internet service providers...don’t have the time, money, or lawyers to navigate a thicket of complex rules." Several big infrastructure projects were canceled after the new, complex rules were put into place in 2015. Our ISP lost an investor because of the uncertainty of how much more the new rules would cost them. I just don't agree with him that a federal law would be less complex and have less overhead. Congress tends to make things more complicated.
Given that the House, Senate and White House are held by the GOP, this is an exercise in futility. ..like campaign finance reform.
The right is obsessed with "anything that Obama/Clinton touched must be evil and forever killed/dismantled" that it's not possible in the current administration. Plus given the hundreds of millions of lobbyist dollars dolled out in behalf of the communications cabal, there's no chance.
Put effort into things that actually can make changes..
Wow, Etsy and Foursquare? What a throwback to the early 2010s. I didn't know those sites were still around. Hopefully AOL and Yahoo will join the fight!
Back after the SOPA protests there was a discussion of an internet defence league. This sounds like a time such as signal would be activated, so where is it?
'as useful as teets on a bull', but I'll modernize that by coining, "This effort will be as useful as a change.org petition."
Well, you and I know that this protest will be as effective as that petition... As far as Net Neutrality is concerned, this is pointless.
HOWEVER, this is about the midterms and democrats keeping their voters ginned up, not about changing Net Neutrality which is going to take an act of congress to change. Even with the best possible outcome for the democrats in the midterms, it won't happen in the next congress.
Settle in, this is going long term. Net Neutrality is currently dead. Republicans killed it, it's not coming back for at least 3 years, maybe more.
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
for our remote work. They include terms of service that guarantee rates. Look into paying for it while you're complaining about your connectivity problems.
Hey, DC politicians know better how to run internet networks than network operators do.
Wake me up when somebody is protesting about the lack of pole access for competing last-mile providers.
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
Whether you're for or against how the Net Neutrality rules by the FCC were implemented, what is the point of backing this "role back". Let's be practical, it isn't going to pass. The only moment of victory might be passing the senate. It will never pass the house, and will get a veto from the president.
Is this just being hurt cause one administration passed some rules and now the next one is clearing them out? Are these rules just being cleared out to spite the last administration.
Yes, there is big money at stake, but let's get real and do something positive. Do something the last administration didn't do. Make a law. Instead of putting all this effort into something that will go nowhere, put the effort into something lasting. Yes, that will mean working with both side. This will usually have a better outcome. It will keep it balanced.
All these "protest" are like pissing in the wind. It feels good for a second, then it's just cold and damp.
Not an NDA, but the co-founder told me that I assume in confidence since they were having trouble making payroll. Found the old email, but the link to their newsletter no longer works I assume because they redid their web site. Either way, I remember this quote:from Pai that a friend that works for a WISP here in Seattle confirmed was true for his company here in Seattle:
"Wireless Internet Service Providers Association, which represents small fixed wireless companies that typically operate in rural America, surveyed its members and found that over 80% “incurred additional expense in complying with the Title II rules, had delayed or reduced network expansion, had delayed or reduced services and had allocated budget to comply with the rules.”
Large monopolies like Comcast can easily afford to hire more lawyers, but an ISP like the one I mentioned with eight employees and the WISP my friend worked for with about 30 employees simply can't afford to hire lawyers to "decode" all of the complex regulations.
No one is asking for the FCC to censor the Internet. Stop mindlessly repeating right wing lies.
Why are so many of the comments here opposed to Net Neutrality?