Posted on 04/25/2014 4:35:08 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will take public comments before moving forward with a new set of net neutrality rules that sparked controversy when they were leaked in a news report earlier Wednesday.
The FCC will release a proposal soon to reinstate net neutrality rules that would allow broadband providers to negotiate with content providers for preferential treatment, an agency official confirmed Wednesday.
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All freedoms are going down in the USA thanks to the
EXEMPT Congress “busy” abdicating from their brothels
and banks.
Another boon to mankind being destroyed by government.
Strangely enough, most Freepers are ardently opposed to Net Neutrality, too. No idea why.
I think what most FReepers are opposed to is greater FCC regulation of the Internet.
Hold on, not just yet. They have to public comment. Perhaps there will be sufficient participation as to hopefully continue with an open internet for a bit longer.
huh? that might be they require public comment.
Maybe someone who really understands this issue can explain how a pure Net Neutrality system would handle a Netflix decision to convert all their movies to 4K putting huge pressure on the ISPs to handle the increased bandwidth requirements for a single content provider.
Who pays for the system upgrade caused by the Netflix decision? What is the Free Market solution that preserves Net Neutrality?
Free markets are simple and the “they” are two parties the buyer and the seller. Much of the problems we see with lousy service and high prices is due to monopoly agreements between local governments and last mile providers. Your local internet provider faces no competition.
Met a young Marxist 8 years ago - and his two issues were “rare earth elements” and “net neutrality”.... Seems he was aligned with Chinese Communist...
True enough but that is not the issue here. The question really is "who should pay for the added infrastructure required to support the ISPs higher Netflix bandwidth requirements?".
The ISP wants customers. Customers want 4K. Netflix wants 4K. The ISP can't provide 4K without added hardware, software and people. Who pays?
Can’t we just go back to antenna TV and DVD’s? FWIW, I do not put the cable TV companies in the list of who deserves saving.
Public comments. Ha, hogwash. Strictly for PR. It’s not that they care what the public wishes as they are looking at the money. As always, follow the money. Follow the yellow brick road. It’s paved with gold.
So instead what you’ll have is Comcast’s regulation of the internet.
So instead what you’ll have is Comcast’s regulation of the internet.
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