"Bedtime for Democracy II" - by Ajit Pai

[sean99]

US ISPs usually lock you into a multi-year contract, so if 6 months in Verizon or Comcast decide to throttle your access to Netflix, there's really not much you can do about it.

 

[Seanm]

That's not what Netflix think: they are seriously relaxed about the whole thing:

https://www.inverse.com/article/32361-netflix-reed-hastings-net-neutrality

 

[vuk]

US ISPs usually lock you into a multi-year contract, so if 6 months in Verizon or Comcast decide to throttle your access to Netflix, there's really not much you can do about it.

as others have said, the big players all have enough leverage that this will suit them. the problem is for small/independent outfits, for example those providing alternative news (even though many are not to our taste).

 

[Tony L]

I’ve just had a look at the internet.org site and it all seems pretty worthy and worthwhile to me. I’m not being hit in the face with pure evil anyway, but I have no real issue with Facebook, Twitter etc (aside from their not banning racist shit like Trump).

 

[Seanm]

Well no, it would defeat the purpose if it hit you in the face with pure evil. Do check out some of the criticisms of the venture, especially from net neutrality activists in India. It is, as I say, an attempt to package, restrict and monopolise the internet. The name is a giveaway in that respect.

 

[Yank]

http://www.newsweek.com/bots-influe...trality-says-new-york-attorney-general-719454

The FCC received more than 22 million comments. An independent analysis has found most of these were against net neutrality and were submitted by fake accounts.

 

[vuk]

as noted on the dotard trump thread, the nightmare has started.

here is a nice rant/article by caitlin johnstone (who has become quite an impressive political writer over the past year):

Three Unelected Men Just Overrode The Will Of 83% Of The US Population
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/...-will-of-83-of-the-us-population-5c7ddeb78541

 

[gordon]

seems like another example of crony capitalism, as pai is a former verizon attorney.

 

[mykel]

And it starts....

Here's what comcast has already removed from their Net Neutrality page.
They no longer promise to:

-Not throttle back the speed at which content comes to you
-Not prioritize Internet traffic or create paid fast lanes
-Make internet accessible to low income families

https://thinkprogress.org/fcc-chair...ong-because-you-can-still-tweet-f53d3b7624f8

And here is a video of the FCC chairman "discussing" the issue.

https://thinkprogress.org/ahead-of-...th-pizzagate-conspiracy-theorist-4974b5742f7e