Well, you could just wait until your very few choices of internet providers(why isn’t THAT being fought by the GOP?), blocks sites like freerepublic because they can. You’ll have little to no options in getting access.
I hope all you folks who are against net neutrality open up your eyes and see how the internet will be destroyed by monetizing every bit of data.
You want to stream netflix movies? You’ll have to buy the highest tier package. You want access to Fox News, FreeRepublic, Drudge, etc...? Sorry, we don’t have those sites, go find another provider.
You people are clueless.
So we are clueless are we?
The internet has grown exponentially in size and features thanks to almost a total lack of government interference.
Given how governments of all strips have a horrendous record on almost anything they try to control it would seem that you are the clueless one here.
Anyone who believes that government can or will improve the internet experience is in serious need of immediate mental care which under obomination care might be available in 8 to 12 months providing you fit their age criteria. Don’t want to be wasting those valuable communist dollars on old people.
“While the FCC plan would not bar all discrimination, it would vest vast discretion in the FCC to determine what is allowed and what is not. Critical decisions as to what is permitted and what is not would be left to the political whims of five FCC members.....”
“....communications provider Level 3 got into a business spat with Comcast over how much it will pay, if anything, Comcast to handle traffic from Level 3’s network. Such negotiations are common among networks, and the longstanding system of private interconnection agreements has worked quite well. Yet Level 3 claimed that Comcast’s request for payment to carry Level 3’s traffic violates net neutrality rules...”
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The article started off sounding like the FCC was going to save us from pay-per-surf internet. But then somehow it turns into the Gov’t will determine what is allowed and what is not, rather than the individual companies.
But it is a hard one to say “let the free market figure it out” when there are so few providers.