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I don't. It's because they know it will make them charge their customers MORE. When you start charging more, people who can't afford it will drop off. Then, when push comes to shove, the only customers they'll have will be those who make 6 figure paychecks. They will lose tens of thousands of customers. Say, do you really care about helping the poor? Or do you do everything in your power to make them poorer?
Look at who is objecting to this - the providers. The ones you buy your internet from.
Yeah, and? I guess people like you are gluttons for punishment.
Do you really think they object to net neutrality because they think it will prevent them from charging you LESS?
I don't. It's because they know it will make them charge their customers MORE. When you start charging more, people who can't afford it will drop off. Then, when push comes to shove, the only customers they'll have will be those who make 6 figure paychecks. They will lose tens of thousands of customers. Say, do you really care about helping the poor? Or do you do everything in your power to make them poorer?
35 % of all downloads are porn. Given that a porn is larger than the average file and that streaming (tube pages) isn´t exactly downloading, porn makes up far more than 50 % of the overall internet traffic.Porn is utilizing the capacity to the full.
In all seriousness, it would be fascinating to know what percentage of data usage porn eats up on a daily basis.
Just wonder how many terabytes per day goes across routers/root servers that is porn.
Look at who is objecting to this - the providers. The ones you buy your internet from.
Yeah, and? I guess people like you are gluttons for punishment.
Do you really think they object to net neutrality because they think it will prevent them from charging you LESS?
I don't. It's because they know it will make them charge their customers MORE. When you start charging more, people who can't afford it will drop off. Then, when push comes to shove, the only customers they'll have will be those who make 6 figure paychecks. They will lose tens of thousands of customers. Say, do you really care about helping the poor? Or do you do everything in your power to make them poorer?
What a loss to humanity. Billions unable to pass bullshit to one another.Just be prepared for a lot of "I told you so's." The price of your internet service is about to get a lot higher. Your "free and open internet" is going to cost you dearly. I sincerely hope the advocates of Net Neutrality reap what they sow.
As of Friday, June 12, the Internet is legally an open, unbiased network in the United States. Well, to be fair, it has been pretty open and unbiased, but now the net neutrality ruling is coming into effect.
Net neutrality rules were published by the Federal Communications Commission April 13, and the two-month waiting period for them to become effective ends today. The ruling is being appealed by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like AT&T and Verizon, which will likely take months if not years if it has to go to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, ISPs asked the courts to halt parts of the ruling until there is a verdict on the appeal (in legal terms, this halt request is called a stay request), but that request was denied today. So net neutrality now becomes enforceable by the FCC. Will consumers benefit?
I have read the 400-page document of the ruling and talked to expert lawyers, industry executives and academics, trying to piece the puzzle together to answer this question. So this is the first of several articles on this topic. I wish the answer was straightforward, but as in most major rulings, the answer is mixed. Consumers will benefit in some ways, but they will lose in other ways. Here’s how.
The ruling provides rules of engagement for ISPs (defined in the ruling as Broadband Internet Access Services or BIAS) who deliver Internet content via a mobile, satellite, or fixed cable connection. One of the main issues at hand is that many of these providers have a monopoly of the last mile of cable to your home. The spirit of the ruling is to make sure that these providers give fair access and delivery of Internet content, so that the Internet remains an open access network.
The ruling has two core components. The first major ruling is that ISPs now fall under the category of telecommunications services (as opposed to information services), so they are bound by the regulations of Title II of the Telecommunications Act of 1934, which provides the FCC the authority to regulate them as a public utility. This is a major development with substantial implications on the future of the industry. It is at the core of the appeal by the ISPs, so let’s leave it for a future post and focus on what is not being disputed by the ISPs.
The second major part of the ruling is the development of so-called bright-line rules, which directly affect a consumer’s ability to access content over the Internet. Although they now go into effect and the denial of the stay request today increases the chance of these rules ultimately passing, it is awkward that they could still get lost in the appeals process. According to J.G. Harrington, attorney at Cooley LLP, “it is uncertain whether the rules that were not in the stay request will eventually survive all the legal challenges. But the fact that the stay request was denied increases the odds that these bright-line rules will survive the appeal process.”
Net Neutrality Goes Into Effect What Consumers Should Expect
What a loss to humanity. Billions unable to pass bullshit to one another.Just be prepared for a lot of "I told you so's." The price of your internet service is about to get a lot higher. Your "free and open internet" is going to cost you dearly. I sincerely hope the advocates of Net Neutrality reap what they sow.
As of Friday, June 12, the Internet is legally an open, unbiased network in the United States. Well, to be fair, it has been pretty open and unbiased, but now the net neutrality ruling is coming into effect.
Net neutrality rules were published by the Federal Communications Commission April 13, and the two-month waiting period for them to become effective ends today. The ruling is being appealed by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like AT&T and Verizon, which will likely take months if not years if it has to go to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, ISPs asked the courts to halt parts of the ruling until there is a verdict on the appeal (in legal terms, this halt request is called a stay request), but that request was denied today. So net neutrality now becomes enforceable by the FCC. Will consumers benefit?
I have read the 400-page document of the ruling and talked to expert lawyers, industry executives and academics, trying to piece the puzzle together to answer this question. So this is the first of several articles on this topic. I wish the answer was straightforward, but as in most major rulings, the answer is mixed. Consumers will benefit in some ways, but they will lose in other ways. Here’s how.
The ruling provides rules of engagement for ISPs (defined in the ruling as Broadband Internet Access Services or BIAS) who deliver Internet content via a mobile, satellite, or fixed cable connection. One of the main issues at hand is that many of these providers have a monopoly of the last mile of cable to your home. The spirit of the ruling is to make sure that these providers give fair access and delivery of Internet content, so that the Internet remains an open access network.
The ruling has two core components. The first major ruling is that ISPs now fall under the category of telecommunications services (as opposed to information services), so they are bound by the regulations of Title II of the Telecommunications Act of 1934, which provides the FCC the authority to regulate them as a public utility. This is a major development with substantial implications on the future of the industry. It is at the core of the appeal by the ISPs, so let’s leave it for a future post and focus on what is not being disputed by the ISPs.
The second major part of the ruling is the development of so-called bright-line rules, which directly affect a consumer’s ability to access content over the Internet. Although they now go into effect and the denial of the stay request today increases the chance of these rules ultimately passing, it is awkward that they could still get lost in the appeals process. According to J.G. Harrington, attorney at Cooley LLP, “it is uncertain whether the rules that were not in the stay request will eventually survive all the legal challenges. But the fact that the stay request was denied increases the odds that these bright-line rules will survive the appeal process.”
Net Neutrality Goes Into Effect What Consumers Should Expect
It's the usual nonsense from the right: conservatives adhering blindly to their errant, failed economic dogma, and seeking to propagate their ridiculous lies.I don't know much about this; but on the face of it, it seems like it's going to make things more fair for consumers. Anything that the net giants oppose must be a good thing.
Porn encourages throttling.Porn is utilizing the capacity to the full.
Make it more affordable?Net neutrality will do to internet access prices what ObamaCare did for health care affordability.
