The FCC plan to undo its net neutrality rules
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The FCC plan to undo its net neutrality rules
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Re: The FCC plan to undo its net neutrality rules
#2Here is the EFF link [0] that provides additional information and also provides methods of contacting your local government officials to take action. Please send this along!
[0] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/fcc-wants-eliminate-ne...
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#3How, specifically, is this helpful to the consumer or to the internet in general?
Re: The FCC plan to undo its net neutrality rules
#4Here is the EFF link [0] that provides additional information and also provides methods of contacting your local government officials to take action. Please send this along! [0] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/fcc-wants-eliminate-ne...
This whole battle has felt like the consumers versus the ISP's. Is there economic advantages to consumers if Net Neutrality is eliminated?
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#5Here is the "fact sheet" that Ajit Pai distributed at the event at the Newseum today: https://twitter.com/davidshepardson/status/85728851922775655...
Also of note, YC, TechStars and Engine Advocacy released their "Startups for Net Neutrality" letter to Pai this morning: http://www.engine.is/startups-for-net-neutrality
Re: The FCC plan to undo its net neutrality rules
#6Here is the EFF link [0] that provides additional information and also provides methods of contacting your local government officials to take action. Please send this along! [0] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/fcc-wants-eliminate-ne...
This whole battle has felt like the consumers versus the ISP's. Is there economic advantages to consumers if Net Neutrality is eliminated?
"You wont have the government standing between you and your internet!" is the response I've seen around. I'd really love to see if there was any legit defense of this action though...
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#7How, specifically, is this helpful to the consumer or to the internet in general?
It's not.
Not to get too political but there are two groups: "the people" and "business". Watch every decision the current administration makes. It's helpful for "business" and hurts "the people". This is the opposite of what most people think it should be.
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#8> Pai argued that rolling back the rules will encourage ISPs to spend more on their broadband networks
How? How on earth does letting ISPs milk more money out of their existing network incentivize those ISPs to expand that network? It's just so frustrating that these guys no longer even bother to pretend that their arguments make any logical sense at all. "We'll protect user privacy by eliminating these rules that protect user privacy!" "We'll boost competition and choice, by giving the existing entrenched players more control and power!"
This is just such a naked demonstration of regulatory capture. It boggles my mind.
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#9How, specifically, is this helpful to the consumer or to the internet in general?
It makes Ajit Pai's friends in Comcast and Time Warner more money.
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#10I just feel hopeless. I don't think there's anything we can do at this point