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GOP net neutrality bill would allow paid fast lanes and preempt state laws

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Re: GOP net neutrality bill would allow paid fast lanes and preempt state laws

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If it allows paid fast lanes, then clearly it allows degradation.

The GOP didn't expect us plebs to see through that.

I dunno. Given their recent fondness for passing statute at GOP-held level N that preempts statute at non-GOP level N-1, they seem pretty brazen to me. Federalism is out the window, districts are gerrymandered, packing the courts, etc.

Re: GOP net neutrality bill would allow paid fast lanes and preempt state laws

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If it allows paid fast lanes, then clearly it allows degradation.

Priorization and throtting aren’t exactly the same. Throttling implies rate limiting even if there is surplus bandwidth. Prioritization would only occur when bandwidth was limited.

Think of it as QoS based on a list of sites provided by the ISP.

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If it allows paid fast lanes, then clearly it allows degradation.

Priorization and throtting aren’t exactly the same. Throttling implies rate limiting even if there is surplus bandwidth. Prioritization would only occur when bandwidth was limited. Think of it as QoS based on a list of sites provided by the ISP.

But throttling is really hard to prove. They can always downsize some hardware to "prioritize" and "retarget their budget", but effectively they just throttle. Basically they can do whatever they want with the proper wording now.

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If it allows paid fast lanes, then clearly it allows degradation.

The GOP didn't expect us plebs to see through that.

They're in charge. Their supporters will vote for them no matter what so long as the guns and abortion issues are untouched, because they get their news from a parallel system in which this is all presented as a good thing. They don't depend on floating voters because there aren't any.

Re: GOP net neutrality bill would allow paid fast lanes and preempt state laws

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If it allows paid fast lanes, then clearly it allows degradation.

Most of the time when somebody is selling "premium service" in IT, it doesn't mean "better service", but "regular service while we artificially make any other ones worst".

Regular customers will just see their quality drop for the same price. Web sites will have to pay for the bandwith their customer already paid for to their ISP.

It's going to suck.

Hope this never happens in France, but our leaders love to copy the worst decisions taken in the US so...

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