I'm in an uncomfortable position on Net Neutrality. I don't think the complete lack of regulations that comes with moving away from Net Neutrality rules is a good thing, but I also don't think...
I'm in an uncomfortable position on Net Neutrality. I don't think the complete lack of regulations that comes with moving away from Net Neutrality rules is a good thing, but I also don't think it's entirely fair to cast this as a debate between small business content providers and large business ISPs. The truth of the matter is that there are small businesses involved on both sides, and large businesses (looking at you, Netflix, youtube, Amazon, maybe reddit too, depending on your definition of large) on both sides too.
I have a really hard time getting jazzed up to protect massive content producers at the cost of smaller ISPs, and I have an equally hard time thinking that large ISPs are just looking out for the little guy and wouldn't screw the little guy the moment that little guy has a product that competes with the ISP. I'd vastly prefer a mixed approach that allows ISPs to charge content providers extra if they cross a certain threshold of the ISPs total traffic (i.e., Netflix, twitch, youtube, the big video streamers), but that retains a lot of the core concepts behind net neutrality otherwise.
This is undoubtedly going to fail in the House. The majority there is far larger there than in the Senate. I wonder if there's anything we can do about that?
This is undoubtedly going to fail in the House. The majority there is far larger there than in the Senate.
I wonder if there's anything we can do about that?
To your question of is there anything we can do about it? On the off chance others are as lazy as I am, I would say use the RESIST bot. It makes me feel like I am doing something with very little...
To your question of is there anything we can do about it? On the off chance others are as lazy as I am, I would say use the RESIST bot. It makes me feel like I am doing something with very little work on my end. I will just keep tossing my pebbles in the bucket, hopefully it helps.
Now there's just the minor problem of getting it past the house... and our beloved god-emperor. :P I'm much more interested in California and New York's plans to create their own net neutrality...
Now there's just the minor problem of getting it past the house... and our beloved god-emperor. :P
I'm much more interested in California and New York's plans to create their own net neutrality rules. NY's plans even include making all forms of data capping illegal, meaning Verizon's cellular throttling and quotas go away as well - everyone has to have the same speed all of the time, no exceptions for any reason, and no differing price tiers for any reason. It's turning internet access into a public utility. The major ISPs who were looking to make a mint from gutting NN have instead unleashed a morass of state legislation, and will now be forced to comply with up to fifty different sets of rules, most of which are much, much harsher than the FCC's prior rules.
I'm in an uncomfortable position on Net Neutrality. I don't think the complete lack of regulations that comes with moving away from Net Neutrality rules is a good thing, but I also don't think it's entirely fair to cast this as a debate between small business content providers and large business ISPs. The truth of the matter is that there are small businesses involved on both sides, and large businesses (looking at you, Netflix, youtube, Amazon, maybe reddit too, depending on your definition of large) on both sides too.
I have a really hard time getting jazzed up to protect massive content producers at the cost of smaller ISPs, and I have an equally hard time thinking that large ISPs are just looking out for the little guy and wouldn't screw the little guy the moment that little guy has a product that competes with the ISP. I'd vastly prefer a mixed approach that allows ISPs to charge content providers extra if they cross a certain threshold of the ISPs total traffic (i.e., Netflix, twitch, youtube, the big video streamers), but that retains a lot of the core concepts behind net neutrality otherwise.
This is undoubtedly going to fail in the House. The majority there is far larger there than in the Senate.
I wonder if there's anything we can do about that?
To your question of is there anything we can do about it? On the off chance others are as lazy as I am, I would say use the RESIST bot. It makes me feel like I am doing something with very little work on my end. I will just keep tossing my pebbles in the bucket, hopefully it helps.
Now there's just the minor problem of getting it past the house... and our beloved god-emperor. :P
I'm much more interested in California and New York's plans to create their own net neutrality rules. NY's plans even include making all forms of data capping illegal, meaning Verizon's cellular throttling and quotas go away as well - everyone has to have the same speed all of the time, no exceptions for any reason, and no differing price tiers for any reason. It's turning internet access into a public utility. The major ISPs who were looking to make a mint from gutting NN have instead unleashed a morass of state legislation, and will now be forced to comply with up to fifty different sets of rules, most of which are much, much harsher than the FCC's prior rules.