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How will the internet change now that it is a utility?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:07 pm
Basically I can expect higher cost, slower performance and more outages, yes?
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Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:10 pm to PrivatePublic
No way, I can't think of any cases where government gets involved and prices increase.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:11 pm to RebelExpress38
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No way, I can't think of any cases where government gets involved and prices increase.
Not sure if SiriusXM?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:11 pm to PrivatePublic
Technology is improving. It will only get faster.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:20 pm to diddydirtyAubie
Porn loads faster.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:27 pm to PrivatePublic
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Basically I can expect higher cost, slower performance and more outages, yes?
My internet is horribly slow today. Coincidence?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:38 pm to PrivatePublic
If only we could all have Google fiber
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:51 pm to PrivatePublic
The gubment only wants to help. I'd imagine po people will get all their internet highways for free, maybe even a tax credit for using it.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 6:09 pm to arcalades
Don't forget the desktops, laptops, notebooks, smart phones and tablets. They've got to have all the tools that everybody else has to pay for. They are the 47%, after all. Have to keep them happy cause they vote.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 6:28 pm to PrivatePublic
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Basically I can expect higher cost, slower performance and more outages, yes?
If its opposite day
Posted on 2/26/15 at 7:01 pm to PrivatePublic
Yep. And soon taxes will be levied, and content will be controlled.
Conservative blog? Why that's violent extremism propaganda...time to delete that site.
Progressive forum? Acceptable..give that site a fast lane on the ISP
Conservative blog? Why that's violent extremism propaganda...time to delete that site.
Progressive forum? Acceptable..give that site a fast lane on the ISP
Posted on 2/26/15 at 7:04 pm to deltaland
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Conservative blog? Why that's violent extremism propaganda...time to delete that site.
Progressive forum? Acceptable..give that site a fast lane on the ISP
Isn't net neutrality becoming law essentially making this impossible? All data must be treated equally...
Posted on 2/26/15 at 7:04 pm to PrivatePublic
Counter mainstream info sites will suffer a slow death.
This post was edited on 2/26/15 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 2/26/15 at 7:06 pm to sleepy gnostic
How? All data must be treated equally, so why would a counter mainstream info site be affected at all?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 7:34 pm to OleRockyTop
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If only we could all have Google fiber
According to this guy, /u/theredinthesky:
For people who are asking:
The regulations will help prevent unfair practices from stifling competition. It prohibits telecommunications companies from creating paid prioritization for companies that can afford it and pushing companies that can't into a 'slow lane' connection. This is beneficial to you as the consumer because it ensures that when you go to ANY (legal) website, your path to the site will not be blocked, rate limited, or impeded in any way. This also removes the restrictions enacted on a state level that has restricted competition. There are state laws that block municipal broadband because bigger telcos have the money to fill the coffers of local officials enough to vote in their favor. So the next Google Fiber site or local community can now vote for municipal broadband without worrying about a state law that prevents them from building their own.
I say this after having worked for some of the biggest ISP's in the world for over 12 years. We make money, LOTS of money. Interconnect fees are cheap in comparison to the profit generated per customer (residential or commercial). We have emails floating back and forth literally gloating how much profit we'd made. I've also been part of projects that throttle traffic, not because we didn't have the infrastructure or bandwidth to support the hub site, but because we wanted to squeeze more out of the customer.
As someone who has a lot of experience in the industry, this is a long time coming.
It looks like Google Fiber will have easier access to enter cities now. Past laws that telecom giants negotiated to be sole providers and stifle competition are out the window.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 7:36 pm to deltaland
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Yep. And soon taxes will be levied, and content will be controlled.
Didn't quote this earlier, but what do you mean by this? How is that going to happen?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 7:52 pm to TeLeFaWx
Don't really understand how the gubmint expects to enforce this. OK, ISPs now have to treat all data equally...how the hell do you ensure that? Do you require a minimum bandwidth guarantee per source? Now you've decided a total bandwidth that no carrier can hope to support right now. The idea is admirable. The application will be horrific.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 7:56 pm to TeLeFaWx
When....the public gets to see this 300+ page bill, I will not be at all surprised to see ambiguous language written in a fashion to give The FCC enormous latitude in determining what is "acceptable" content on the internet. This should alarm any American, regardless of their political leaning. A very conservative executive branch or a very progressive executive branch will have unlimited discretion in quelling opposing ideology through the powers vested in a regulatory agency. 
Posted on 2/26/15 at 7:59 pm to Dick Leverage
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A very conservative executive branch or a very progressive executive branch will have unlimited discretion in quelling opposing ideology through the powers vested in a regulatory agency.
How? That would violate free speech.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 8:02 pm to PrivatePublic
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Don't really understand how the gubmint expects to enforce this. OK, ISPs now have to treat all data equally...how the hell do you ensure that?
Data requests are data requests. You can't throttle users getting Netflix like Comcast did until Netflix paid them money. I'm not an IT guy, but Comcast was exposed for throttling data, it wouldn't be hard to prove they were doing it again.
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