F.C.C., in ‘Net Neutrality’ Turnaround, Plans to Allow Fast Lane

Its not clear to me that this is a "turnaround", since it is not clear to me that pay-for-quality offered under the terms that the leaks about this have suggested (commercially reasonable terms open to all content providers equally) would have been prohibited by the previous order (had it not been struck down.)

Re: F.C.C., in ‘Net Neutrality’ Turnaround, Plans to Allow Fast Lane

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Post by noobermin » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 9:59 PM UTC

azinman2 wrote: post #2

And... there goes the internet.

Color me surprised. I'm actually a buckeye where Mr. Wheeler hails from. This fact and after watching his speech a couple of months ago, perhaps that is why I gave him the benefit of the doubt. I guess I was wrong about him.

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Post by parfe » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 10:00 PM UTC

In six months FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will be a VP at NBC Universal/Comcast.

Not a bribe; just coincidence.

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Post by sroerick » Wed, Apr 23, 2014, 10:01 PM UTC

It's so frustrating to me that this is all based around the stupid legal assumption that we have to stream everything.

God forbid your user should download something to watch later, to prevent having to redownload every time you watch it.

And then during peak Netflix hours, I just can't use the internet reliably.

If anyone knows any source for Libre video works, that I can download and watch with complete freedom, please let me know. I'd pay for it.