Net Neutrality Explained

[Yespage]

It is interesting to see a partisan vote come down to the Democrats voting in favor of giant business.

Yeah, a WTF thought came to my mind too. Of course, after this gets approved, they'll quit and start working in the Comcast home office for half a mil a year. No conflict of interest there.

I simply want what I am already paying for! If Level III can get it to Comcast/AT&T, then Comcast/AT&T have to get it to us unhindered.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

blues brothers?

Ding Ding Ding we have a winner!

Whenever I am asked to give an address online and I dont want to use my home address that is the one I give. I wonder how much of my junk mail the Cubs get.

 

[KE4EST]

Ding Ding Ding we have a winner!

Whenever I am asked to give an address online and I dont want to use my home address that is the one I give. I wonder how much of my junk mail the Cubs get.

Too Funny!

 

[TheKrell]

From here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...aid-priority-on-internet/?wpisrc=al_comboNE_b

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted in favor of advancing a proposal that could dramatically reshape the way consumers experience the Internet, opening the possibility of Internet service providers charging Web sites for higher-quality delivery of their content to American consumers.

 

[TheKrell]

Well, Scott, I've searched for both our names here: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/proceeding/view?name=14-28 and neither show up. Perhaps the unmitigated swine double-check our addresses and jettison comments that don't pass muster.

 

[TheKrell]

Well, Scott, I've searched for both our names here: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/proceeding/view?name=14-28 and neither show up.

And now they do!

 

[Code 7 Unltd.]

And now they do!

The FCC is slow to post that kind of jazz (as they should be, they have other things to do).

 

[wemathis]

Guess who is against net neutrality?

http://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-lay-plans-to-fight-fccs-net-neutrality-rules-1420405643

Gee who would have thought?

 

[TheKrell]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/02/04/fcc-wheeler-net-neutrality-title-ii/22855827/

 

[osu1991]

Wheeler Makes It Official: It's Title II for ISPs

http://www.multichannel.com/news/fcc/wheeler-makes-it-official-its-title-ii-isps/387630

In an op ed in Wired Magazine online, Wheeler said Wednesday; "I am proposing that the FCC use its Title II authority to implement and enforce open Internet protections." The rules will apply to both wired and wireless broadband, a first for the commission.

 

[Poke]

FCC chairman's net neutrality plan turns broadband into a public utility

http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/04/fcc-net-neutrality/

 

[whitewolf8214]

FCC Republicans ask Wheeler to delay net neutrality vote
Feb 24 2015, 03:59 ET | By: Yoel Minkoff, SA News Editor

Republicans are increasing pressure on the FCC to delay Thursday's net neutrality vote, saying the public needs time to see and review the plan.
The proposal has been subject to heated battle since Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed reclassifying broadband from a lightly regulated information service to a more strictly overseen telecommunications service.
Supporters of the approach say that without such rules, broadband companies could charge tolls to websites for their fastest speeds, while critics say the plan would give the agency the authority to regulate pricing.
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http://seekingalpha.com/news/231889...a:68c79917c0234252cb4e4128ac6fad92#email_link

 

[Drucifer]

F.C.C. Net Neutrality Rules Clear Hurdle as Republicans Concede to Obama

 

[whitewolf8214]

FCC to vote on net neutrality
Feb 26 2015, 02:50 ET | By: Yoel Minkoff, SA News Editor

The FCC is expected to approve Chairman Tom Wheeler's proposed "net neutrality" rules today, which will regulate broadband providers more heavily than in the past and restrict their power to control download speeds on the web.
The vote comes after a year of jostling between net neutrality advocates and cable and telecom companies, which are expected to launch a volley of lawsuits should the new rules be passed.
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http://seekingalpha.com/news/232736...r:82d1bd235bb0a89296ccfa4b0f24268e#email_link

 

[whitewolf8214]

FCC begins convening for historic net neutrality vote
Feb 26 2015, 10:29 ET | By: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor

The FCC is ready to begin a meeting at which it plans a historic vote on re-regulating Internet providers, though a bit of the drama has gone out of the vote as Congressional Republicans yesterday conceded approval is likely.
That's not to say some things aren't still in flux this morning: Democratic commissioner Mignon Clyburn is pressing Chairman Tom Wheeler for some more clarity on one part of the proposal, and Google lobbying on the "sender pays" issue has apparently moved Wheeler to last-minute revisions.
The vote is expected to end 3-2 in favor of Title II regulation, along party lines.
Republican commissioner Ajit Pai continues his full-court press against the rules and will hold his own response press conference after the meeting.
Meanwhile, Wheeler's proposal may not go far enough to achieve its goals, if key loopholes remain available to service providers.
The FCC will start meeting at 10:30 a.m. ET, and will first vote on whether to pre-empt laws in North Carolina and Tennessee restricting municipal broadband.
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http://seekingalpha.com/news/232977...m:1e76bb25e5a8aa5ed6e9ef648eb46ebc#email_link

 

[Poke]

FCC votes 3-2 to reclassify broadband as a utility, sets new net neutrality rules

http://www.androidcentral.com/fcc-v...and-utility-and-sets-new-net-neutrality-rules

 

[Poke]

These are the FCC's full rules for protecting net neutrality

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/12/8116237/net-neutrality-rules-open-internet-order-released

 

[Poke]

The FCC's Neutrality Rules Are Live and the Internet Hasn't Died

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/...s-Are-Live-and-the-Internet-Hasnt-Died-134142

 

[TheKrell]

DC Court of Appeals fully upholds FCC's net neutrality rules: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Court-Fully-Upholds-FCCs-Net-Neutrality-Rules-137190

 

[TheKrell]

Bad news folks. From here: https://www.dslreports.com/shownews...-Votes-To-Begin-Killing-Net-Neutrality-139598

In a move that should surprise nobody, the FCC today voted 2-1 along pure party lines to begin dismantling the agency's net neutrality rules, passed only two years ago. The move to kill the rules comes despite the fact that the vast majority of people leaving comments on the proceeding at the FCC website support the rules, as they did when they were originally created.