Proponents of the 2015 regulations say Pai is merely clearing the way for Internet service companies to charge users more to see certain content and to curb access to some websites—a “fast lane” and “slow lane” for the Internet. It’s not an unfounded concern. In 2007 the FCC sued Comcast for interfering with traffic from BitTorrent, the file transfer service. The commission lost, owing to a lack of legal basis for the complaint—basis it later achieved with the 2015 reclassification.
I have to fall on the “open internet” side of the argument. the only thing I want from an ISP is a pipe. Charge me by the gigabyte, but DO NOT be filtering based on packet content. There lies the dark side.
All these marketing people/jerks trying to “optimize my internet experience”. just make me want to go all 2nd amendment on them.
Why should not someone who never does video streaming pay far less for their service than someone who does? Why should not a site that is 100% text and text related pay less, per second, to have its service out there than a site that is all video streaming? Why should those services jamming the pipes most with there data hogging content NOT pay more than others, or, if they don’t want to pay more, have their hog “throttled” so other content gets through? If those needing massive higher throughput service are not paying more than others, where is the revenue for keeping up those service improvements comming from?
OMG some “free service” with high data demands might start charging your more, because they’re getting charged more? OMG! how dare that happen!! /sarc
We pay more for a Ferrari than a Versa.
The USPS, Fed Ex and UPS charge more for fast delivery.
The highways charge more for the fast lane.
How is internet service different?
How is 5g cellphone different from 4g or 3g?
Can anyone give a rational argument for forcing a one-size-fits-all policy on the internet?
And who should control content? One central body of 5 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats aka FCC? Or thousands of entrepreneurs creating the next thing nobody ever thought of?
There is one thing worse than google, facebook, comcast and ATT. That is the Feds.