FCC Says Net Neutrality Rules Will End On June 11 (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday May 10, 2018 @02:40AM from the done-deal dept.

The Federal Communications Commission said in a notice Thursday that landmark 2015 U.S. open-internet rules will cease on June 11. From a report: The FCC in December repealed the Obama-era "net neutrality" rules, allowing internet providers to block or slow websites as long as they disclose the practice. The FCC said the new rules will take effect 30 days from Friday. An FCC spokeswoman confirmed the new rules will take effect on June 11. A group of states and others have sued to try to block the new rules from taking effect. The revised rules were a win for internet service providers like AT&T and Comcast but are opposed by internet firms like Facebook and Alphabet.

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Re:Oh no... by BlueStrat · 2018-05-10 04:46 · Score: 1, Troll

Yeah, back when isps blocked netflix and bittorrent :/ Guess you forgot about that.
Yes, and they didn't stop until NN came along and...oh, wait...they stopped without any NN regs.
All the horror stories trotted out by NN proponents have a fatal flaw.
All those bad things were stopped before NN was passed, and were halted by the markets and the courts without needing NN.
Strat

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