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Post by UrbaneVirtuoso on Feb 4, 2015 17:11:57 GMT -5
After years of hemming and hawing, bowing to pressure by telecom companies, the FCC has finally grown a backbone and will seek to classify the internet and related services as a public utility (such as water and power), which would provide very strong protections for net neutrality.
This came out of the blue, indeed -- not even nine months ago the head of the FCC dismissed this legal strategy as too radical, so it's a very welcome change. It won't come without hiccups, given the plethora of potential lawsuits. Should it actually come by, then hell to the yes.
The FCC will vote on the proposal on the 26th.
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Post by LeGitBeeSting on Feb 4, 2015 17:17:33 GMT -5
who needs internet though
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2015 22:22:23 GMT -5
Does this mean Free Parking will be ousted in favour of the Internet utility in Monopoly? I like my free parking, but a third utility might make it viable for the mid and endgame. Something like having $(Roll x 25) rent would make it interesting when trying to back a mid-game economy.
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Post by Aphoristic on Feb 5, 2015 5:55:16 GMT -5
I'm fine as long as it isn't that 500+ dollar tax pool idiots play with.
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Post by jaedrik on Feb 5, 2015 12:06:45 GMT -5
Disastrous. Internet companies would rely on lobbying the government for special privileges to expand their operation in a world with the internet classified as a "utility"--where we allow the government to manage the internet. Internet service providers will no longer rely (so much) on good data management to attract customers. It is the framework that allows the government so many excuses in regulating many given aspects of internet. If it is classified as such, we will have poorer internet at a higher price guaranteed. Companies would no longer be able to act on traffic, to block, manage, or prioritize it in any way if the FCC got what it wanted.
Edit: I don't expect a lot of lawsuits against this sort of thing, since the big internet companies all want to see it happen. whoops, nevermind @ Comcast, Verizon etc. But, companies like Google, Amazon, Twitter, are all for it.
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Post by Aphoristic on Feb 5, 2015 17:43:26 GMT -5
What planet do you live on, jaedrik? After you derailed the GamerGate thread with copywrite law, I'm convinced you don't actually live on earth.
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