Net Neutrality might end.

[Smithnikov_v1legacy]

2005 ? North Carolina ISP Madison River Communications blocked VoIP service Vonage.
2005 ? Comcast blocked or severely delayed traffic using the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol. (The company even had the guts to deny this for months until evidence was presented by the Associated Press.)
2007 ? AT&T censored Pearl Jam because lead singer criticized President Bush.
2007 to 2009 ? AT&T forced Apple to block Skype because it didn?t like the competition. At the time, the carrier had exclusive rights to sell the iPhone and even then the net neutrality advocates were pushing the government to protect online consumers, over 5 years before these rules were actually passed.
2009 ? Google Voice app faced similar issues from ISPs, including AT&T on iPhone.
2010 ? Windstream Communications, a DSL provider, started hijacking search results made using Google toolbar. It consistently redirected users to Windstream?s own search engine and results.
2011 ? MetroPCS, one of the top-five wireless carriers at the time, announced plans to block streaming services over its 4G network from everyone except YouTube.
2011 to 2013 ? AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon blocked Google Wallet in favor of Isis, a mobile payment system in which all three had shares. Verizon even asked Google to not include its payment app in its Nexus devices.
2012 ? AT&T blocked FaceTime; again because the company didn?t like the competition.
2012 ? Verizon started blocking people from using tethering apps on their phones that enabled consumers to avoid the company?s $20 tethering fee.
2014 ? AT&T announced a new ?sponsored data? scheme, offering content creators a way to buy their way around the data caps that AT&T imposes on its subscribers.
2014 ? Netflix started paying Verizon and Comcast to ?improve streaming service for consumers.?
2014 ? T-Mobile was accused of using data caps to manipulate online competition.

But hey, we got nothing to worry about. We can trust the ISPs.

 

[Armadox]

Honest question. Are there any arguments FOR the end of net neutrality? Like i know the internet (and especially reddit) are in a tizzy against it, so we only hear one side, but i like being informed on a whole and not have soley biased information.

Can i have the pro AND cons ? Not just the cons? Because the discussion seems kind of one sided and biased. Which kind of make me not take it seriously. Like a witch hunt

Thing is, and I'm being honest with you, there is no pro. There is no means by which this has a pro. Not unless you personally have a seat at the mahogany table next to the C.E.O. of Verison, Comcast, etc. If you're an average American with a need for the vital connections that come with the internet, there is nothing. Not one god damned thing. That doing this will be good for you.

Cause it's not just Net Neutrality, there's other razors within this vote that is horrendous. First there's no "fast lane" Fast lane means rebuilding lines for a higher yield, and one of the by lines in this vote is the fact that telecoms will no longer have to support or repair their infrastructure with at least as good capabilities as copper networks. They're literally no longer required to provide what we have now, and that means what you'll find is they'll patch and phase out areas with poor lines while leaving a copper line as "the fast lane" allowing some to connect to internet speeds we have now.

They'll break up the service with fees and contracts forcing you to pay more for off network sites. They can watch everything you do and hinder the places you visit the most to make you pay up for that "fast" lane. They already can sell your information without telling you, but now they can gather your history. Bleed you. They can block sites that speak out against them. Cripple multiplayer gaming. This effects every single person one way or another, and NONE of it is a pro.

And since most of the country only has ONE choice for internet, what you view is at the mercy of the service ant the location. In a deep red state, expect sites that oppose those views to suck. Netflix might make it, but fuck if Youtube will, as it's a money sink NOW. Having it ransomed will only cause it to collapse. Everything will sit behind paywalls.

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/11/30/report-comcast-removed-pledge-to-not-charge-for-internet-fast-lanes-after-fcc-announced-net-neutrality-repeal/

Both sides of the aisle hate this.

And telecoms are chomping at the bit for this. So no. There is no pro. Even if ONE of the things I've said comes to pass, it'll mean a horrific future for the internet, our culture, and our access to information. Companies by law HAVE to be in the interest of making money without ethical limitation. BY LAW they have to propose to their shareholders plans each year to maximize profits. So they will push this. They already carved up the states so they don't have to compete with each other, so now they'll be islands unto themselves. Gatekeepers to what you see.

Fuck Ajit Pai. Fuck the revolving door. And fuck the government for allowing someone who can be bought the power to do this. The FFC isn't voted in by the people. They don't have to work for us. They're not beholden to us. And there isn't one person who doesn't see what is happening as a corporate tool fucking shit up then whistling back to a big corporate payout.

That payout should be illegal.