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FCC announces plans to resurrect net neutrality rules. (www.theverge.com)

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FCC announces plans to resurrect net neutrality rules.::The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules meant to guarantee fair access to the internet and its information.

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[+] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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[+] [email protected] -13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh my god. That's what Net Neutrality does. Do you not even know what it is?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That's not at all what it does.

A Utility is a government sanctioned monopoly. Think electricity, landline phone, natural gas, trash collection. To classify ISPs as Utilities, would open up a whole new level of regulatory oversight. They would be required to provide the same level of service to every residence in the given area. They would have to ask the local government for permission to raise rates, some places that even goes to a public vote. Imagine, being able to vote on your internet rate!

No. net neutrality rules are not even close to reclassifying ISPs as a utility.

[–] Gray 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think it's easier to understand net neutrality as something ISP's can't do rather than something they must do, since we've never seen them really act on it before. It just means they can't speed up or slow down your internet based on what websites you're visiting. Under net neutrality, there can never be a deal with Google to give people faster speeds using Google searches than Bing or DuckDuckGo searches.