Net Neutrality is Dead.

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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    It's coming.

    http://www.freepress.net/blog/2014/08/29/the-internet-slowdown-is-coming

    Don't Say We Didn't Warn You: The Internet Slowdown Is Coming …

    If you’re reading this you probably already know that the fight for Net Neutrality is coming to a head. So here’s the deal: September will be epic, and it will all start with the Internet Slowdown.

    On Sept. 10, Free Press and our partners at Battle for the Net will launch the Internet Slowdown — 24 hours that will show the world what the Web will look like if the sites we know and love are stuck in the slow lane.

    This is going to be huge, and we want you to be part of it.

    FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to allow discrimination online is a disaster. Everyone from the companies to the artists to Congress to the president knows that we need real Net Neutrality to prevent broadband providers from discriminating against content or applications.

    When Wheeler released his proposal earlier this year, support for his plan was scarce. Net Neutrality advocates from across the country slammed the rules, and people camped outside the agency’s doors in protest. Hundreds gathered at rallies in D.C. and at FCC field offices across the country.

    Four months later, support for Wheeler’s plan is basically nonexistent.

    In July, protesters greeted President Obama on fundraising trips to the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Activists have turned out in record numbers to lobby their members of Congress. And don’t forget the millions of comments people filed in opposition to the FCC’s proposal — and in support of Title II reclassification. The influx crashed the agency’s website (twice).

    The momentum has been building for months and on Sept. 10 companies, individuals and websites will inundate the Internet with our message: We demand real Net Neutrality and nothing less.

    So consider yourself warned: The Internet Slowdown is coming. Now we need you to pitch in. Have a website or blog? Put the sloading (get it? slow + loading?) code up on your site. Or help spread the word by sharing this image on social media.



  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    Net Neutrality is far from dead. The President Might Have Just Saved the Internet.

    http://act.freepress.net/call/internet_obama_nn_thanks/?t=3&akid=5014.9503304.iP-X64

    Continue to bash him, that's what people do. But while continuing to peruse the free internet, remember, it is he who stood up to the corp giants and stopped the end of net neutrality. At least for now.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    Yesterday, President Obama made it clear that he really loves his Internet time and also really loves net neutrality.

    COUGH, WHAT’S NET NEUTRALITY, COUGH?
    The idea that all content on the Interwebs should be treated equally – meaning broadband companies shouldn’t be allowed to speed up or slow down content based on who is providing the content. We don’t actually live in a net neutral world right now; there’s currently no regulation over how Internet providers treat traffic from different websites. Earlier this year, a federal court decision cleared the way for broadband companies (like Comcast) to cut deals with content providers (like Netflix) to give them faster connections. The FCC’S been trying (and trying) to come up with new rules for the Interwebs ever since.

    WHAT DO BROADBAND COMPANIES WANT?
    Rhymes with honey. Companies like Verizon and Comcast want to reap the benefits of getting paid to provide a fast lane. They also say it promotes competition and innovation.

    WHAT’S ON CONTENT PROVIDERS’ MINDS?
    Rhymes with honey. Companies like Netflix and Google don’t want to pay up for faster access, and think the Internet should be free for all. They also say pay-to-play would actually stifle innovation, since it would put startup sites at a disadvantage.

    WHAT DOES THE FCC WANT?
    Please hold, buffering. It hasn’t made up its mind yet and it’s playing Switzerland, trying to make everyone happy. It’s now considering a “hybrid plan” that would err more on the side of net neutrality.

    SO WHAT DID OBAMA SAY THEN?
    That the Internet should be reclassified as a public utility. Meaning it would be seen as a necessity like electricity, rather than a pay-to-play option like cable TV. Also meaning more regulation on broadband companies from the FCC, which is a big change to an industry that hasn’t had a lot of oversight in the past. No surprise his critics aren’t loving this.

    theSKIMM
    This is about the future of the Internet and who holds the keys. Though the FCC’s new rules probably won’t be out until next year, they will decide how often and on what sites you will see the spinning wheel of death.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Did you see Sen. Ted Cruz said the President wants "Obamacare for the internet"... What a serious douchenozzle...and the FoxNews idgits all grunt their assent in unison...they only use their words when they have to, too taxing.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • a5pj
    a5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,975
    I'm glad Obama made the speech about how internet providers should be regulated like utilities. His speech only pissed of Republicans and internet providers. The rest of the population who understand how big of an impact this could have are on his side. Let's see if money and special interests get their way, or if we the people do for once. Oh and there's what some 4 or 5 million public comments directed at the fcc saying to protect net neutrality. It always comes down to money, thing is people aren't going to complain until they have to pay double for internet...
    Wouldn't it be funny if the world ended in 2010, with lots of fire?



  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    The thing also is that not enough people even bother to care about net neutrality or know what it is. That is, until their speed goes down or their service is interrupted. Is that what it's going to come to?
  • a5pj
    a5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,975
    backseatLover12 said:

    The thing also is that not enough people even bother to care about net neutrality or know what it is. That is, until their speed goes down or their service is interrupted. Is that what it's going to come to?

    I wouldn't be surprised in the least, ever since I've been following politics and news it always comes down to $. And the wealthy almost always end up getting their way, despite whatever protest might be thrown in their way.
    Wouldn't it be funny if the world ended in 2010, with lots of fire?



  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Great news!

    http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/26/technology/fcc-rules-net-neutrality/index.html

    Net Neutrality Lives!
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,097
    as much as i hate the fcc, i completely agree with their ruling here.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    dignin said:

    Great news!

    http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/26/technology/fcc-rules-net-neutrality/index.html

    Net Neutrality Lives!

    Yeah it does! woo hoo!
  • BS44325
    BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    In a few years the government will be censoring the internet. This is nothing to celebrate.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    It certainly is. Because it is the present and we presently won.
  • BS44325
    BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    Who won? The internet wasn't broken. It will be now.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    BS, are you always so pessimistic? Do you ever celebrate a victory or just look for the next failure? I'm not trying to berate you by asking these questions. What I am saying is that a positive outlook will gain more in the long run. For example, I'm as uncertain as anyone (and more so than most) that we can undo anthropocentric climate change but if I just kept saying, "We're screwed, we're all gonna fry!" you would quickly dismiss anything I might say. Let's be thankful for the victories, no matter how big or small.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • BS44325
    BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    Net neutrality is not a victory. It is a loss for freedom on the internet once the FCC slowly starts applying decency standards. Over time speech will be curtailed, bloggers will require licensure, forums such as these will need permission from a goverment agency. Positivity and complacency has lead to this outcome.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    BS44325 said:

    Who won? The internet wasn't broken. It will be now.

    I was thinking what Brian said yesterday about you. Well, your misery isn't going to get any company here, and the only people bitching about the net neutrality win is the cable providers for not getting a bigger share of the Internet and, of course, you.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    BS44325 said:

    Net neutrality is not a victory. It is a loss for freedom on the internet once the FCC slowly starts applying decency standards. Over time speech will be curtailed, bloggers will require licensure, forums such as these will need permission from a goverment agency. Positivity and complacency has lead to this outcome.

    Interesting that you equate being positive with being complacent. I see it as the opposite. And that doesn't mean I think everything will turn out well. I just believe in doing what makes sense regardless of how things turn out. Sorry your world is so hopeless.

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • BS44325
    BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    Ha. You two are hilarious. A free internet led to sites like this. As per usual when I discuss the problems headed are way I always become enemy number 1. Easier to hate on me then to face the real problems coming our way. We will soon have an internet like China's. I will try to stay positive.
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    BS44325 said:

    Ha. You two are hilarious. A free internet led to sites like this. As per usual when I discuss the problems headed are way I always become enemy number 1. Easier to hate on me then to face the real problems coming our way. We will soon have an internet like China's. I will try to stay positive.



    If you can provide me with evidence of the government putting these restrictions on the internet I would like to see it.

    Otherwise, this is pure speculation based on your world view. That is all.

    Get off my lawn!

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