Public Interest Groups Won’t Take Net Neutrality Case to Supreme Court Now
Public Interest Groups Won’t Take Net Neutrality Case to Supreme Court Now
Public Interest Groups Won’t Take Net Neutrality Case to Supreme Court Now
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/31761131
Cliff’s notes: Team GOP prevailed, the people lost on netneutrality. The only thing you can do now is cancel your broadband.. something very few people have the will power to do.
I suppose the reason they did not take it to the supreme court is Trump managed to stack that court in favor of the right-wing nutjobs. So if the case goes there, it will do the GOP’s bidding to favor big business over the people and enter an oppressive decision that is even harder to correct in the future.
(note this story was originally on Ars Technica but that site is enshitified so I found a less enshitified source to link -- something more fedi posters should do)
It's not will power. It's not just broadband. It is all internet service. Even if you cancel your own private cell service and broadband you will be using someone else's Wi-Fi that has the same problem.
You cannot cancel all internet service. It has become a requirement for living in the modern world like electricity.
I think broadband was the right term. If you have dial-up service over ISDN or analog POTS, the narrow form of netneutrality being litigated (throttling) would not have much impact on narrowband users because they are bottlenecked quite a bit inherently anyway.
The caveat is that latency can be so poor as to downgrade a narrowband connection -- in which case you would be correct. Depending on circumstances. VOIP is possible over analog POTS so long as latency is not sabotaged.
I have. This year I pulled the plug and live without Internet at home. Because I will not lick their boots.
I admit that not everyone has the tech literacy to do this. It requires being able to work offline and periodically entering a public hotspot to run scripts that sync whatever is needed. It’s a time management skill that requires some discipline and/or coding.
The !right_to_unplug@sopuli.xyz community cators for this lifestyle:
https://sopuli.xyz/c/right_to_unplug
When you say “it’s a requirement”, I’m not sure where you are. I know that in Europe public administrations are closing their doors and forcing everyone online for public service. That is indeed an assault on people’s autonomy and a fight worth fighting. Thus in some situations, choosing to live offline also entails the will power to fight court battles. It’s not for everyone, that’s for sure.
Pots is regulated under telecommunications services. Ilecs got broadband to be exempt from teleco regulations 25 years ago. Besides dial up is a tiny market and in most cases completely unavailable. AOL even discontinued pots.
already covered this when I said this affects cell phones or you are using other's wifi. As I already said, the Internet you are connecting to is affected even if you are avoiding paying for it personally.
This is an article about American laws. It doesn't apply to Europe. It is a requirement because government, hospitals and in particular schools have switched to Internet for communication. I got a letter about an adjustment to my taxes which said, "login at this url to pay this bill". My children's notifications about, school calendars, school delays and buses are all text messages and emails.