FCC approves Net Neutrality rules

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A historic vote took place in Washington, D.C today where the FCC voted to reclassify broadband under Title II which gives the regulatory body authority to impose rules over broadband providers.

The new rules are designed to make sure that the Internet remains free of blocking, throttling and paid prioritization. In laymen terms, keep the Internet free of paid prioritization from those with large checkbooks and removes barriers of use for consumers for legal purposes.

There is a bit of irony in this vote because back in 2010, the FCC tried to pass rules to keep the Internet neutral. But, Verizon sued the FCC and said that they could not do this, and won. Because Verizon won, the FCC went back to the courts, and learned that if they reclassified broadband under Title II, they could then enforce net neutrality rules.

That's exactly what the FCC did here and reclassified broadband with a heavy-handed approach with the reclassification that gives the organization much more control over broadband regulation than it would have had based on the 2010 rules. Because of this, Verizon is actually losing more control of its networks after it fought the less restrictive rules back in 2010.

It is fully expected that this ruling will be challenged in court by Verizon and others, so the battle is far from being over.

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CuRiouCitYPosted:

All the people who posted on this who are against Net Neutrality have no clue what it is. How would you feel if your Netflix buffered constantly or Google searches took 10 seconds long just because your ISP wants more money. Don't be so stupid.

GT-RPosted:

I see a lot of people disagreeing with this when I doubt they have a clue what their talking about. The whole goal of this is to keep scumbag ISPs from charging you extra to access certain content and at the same time keeping them from also charging web companies like netflix to have access to a fast lane. It's certainly not a free market since there were laws in place to keep new ISPs out and or make it almost impossible for them to survive. Now that this has passed ISPs will have to let other new ISPs rent out their lines and even let local governments build their own privately owned infrastructure. Meaning you'll actually have a choice now instead of getting butt **** by the same crooked ass ISPs like Comcast, TWC, etc. This had to happen if we were and are ever to have decent internet speeds at reasonable prices. There are too many countries that are so far ahead of us when it comes to that too. Thats why I find it sad that people actually disagree with this but, hey it's a "free market". Which is nothing more than bowing down and screaming "I love sucking corporate dick!". If you aren't paying for your own internet and mommy and daddy still are then yeah I guess it doesn't matter to you but, I certainly am not happy about the shitty service I pay for with no other half decent options to choose from.

XboxPosted:

This is just too much. Oh Please Nooo

TimePosted:

What? You mean the rich won't get a faster and better internet than everyone else? Is that fair?

VauxhallPosted:

the US government should not be getting in this

SkittlePosted:

This article just sounds like a lot of contradiction to me lol

MovieTheatreButterPosted:

The only thing good about verzion is fios and thats not even in my area.

S7Posted:

they should just keep there nose out of it. the government is poking around in to much as it is.

MissPosted:

The federal government should not interfere with the free-market. That's all I have to say.


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