Net neutrality is about to make a comeback
Net neutrality is about to make a comeback
The FCC will soon vote to restore net neutrality rules.
This is great, but we also need a law that mandates leasing of existing last mile, to bring a competition like we had during the days of DSL.
Ideally the fiber from POP to my house should be owned by my city and leased to whichever ISP I want to do business with.
I'm going to hold my excitement in check until January of next year. Because if a certain former president gets reelected then any hopes of net neutrality will end for another 4 years.
another 4 years
And probably longer than that, if things go the way Trump plans
What makes a man turn neutral? A lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?
My gut tells me “maybe”
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote to restore net neutrality on Thursday in the latest volley of a yearslong game of political ping-pong.
The commission is expected to reclassify internet service providers (ISPs) — e.g., broadband companies like AT&T and Comcast — as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act.
The vote comes just a day after Biden signed a law to force TikTok to separate from its China-based parent company or face a ban and on the heels of a new comprehensive data privacy proposal backed by two powerful sponsors.
The pandemic and current political tensions about foreign adversaries have also tinged how the FCC talks about net neutrality: the agency is focusing on how the rules could give it insight into internet outages, as well as authority over national security issues with broadband equipment.
“The FCC, realizing that it has lost the argument about blocking or throttling, no anticompetitive paid prioritization, has been grasping for new justifications, like saying it is now cybersecurity that drives our interest in imposing these ancient laws monitoring the internet,” said Jonathan Spalter, president and CEO of broadband industry group USTelecom.
“And regulating an industry which is on the cusp of working with our government and the states to bring internet everywhere finally could really jeopardize that critical and bipartisan goal by creating regulatory overhang, disincentivizing investment.”
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“And regulating an industry which is on the cusp of working with our government and the states to bring internet everywhere finally could really jeopardize that critical and bipartisan goal by creating regulatory overhang, disincentivizing investment.” said Jonathan Spalter, president and CEO of broadband industry group USTelecom.
WTF bullshit is he spouting? Hate to break it to ya bud, the internet was conceived and executed…by the government. Or did you forget DARPA? On the cusp,,,ppphht.
And the rest of that word salad? Regulatory overhang? Disincentivizing? It’s all doublespeak for “padding shareholders pockets”.
Don't call it a comeback, it's been here for years
Connecting all peers, putting Comcast in fear
Makin the tiers blow off like a typhoon
Now watch how the bandwidth blooms
Transmissions, not expiring
All the competition, it's inspiring
Mom & pops, online shops
The benefit of equal access rocks