Net Neutrality / FCC

[MKR&*42]

Has anyone heard/been following any of this? It's an American thing so I'd understand if you haven't.

Tomorrow the FCC decide whether to introduce + enforce Net Neutrality to ensure that ISPs cannot favour certain companies that pay them money for faster access (for ex.).

here's a link that explains it better > http://www.savetheinternet.com/net-neutrality-what-you-need-know-now
or a video > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRrHyU
and another cool site > https://www.battleforthenet.com

I'm intrigued to see the outcome tomorrow.


Thread moved by Richie (Forum Moderator): from "Discuss Anything", as I feel it is more suited here.

[mrwoooooooo]

hopefully they classify it as a utility for the 'mericans

[Richie]

I remember reading about this ages ago but it seemed to just vanish. Although it's only being discussed in america, if it passes it'll more than likely be brought in throughout europe. Such a ridiculous idea.

[peteyt]

Tom Wheeler worked in the cable industry, the same industry that is wanting to break net neutrality so it hasn't always been fair. However it looks like he's agreeing to net neutrality at least we hope

[MKR&*42]

The discussion/debate w.e. is live on http://www.fcc.gov/live

I don't know when any vote happens and I'm not sure when it started... whenever 10;30am EST is

[MKR&*42]

If I am correct, I believe net neutrality just got the majority and the net will now be classed as a utility.
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yeah here http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/26/fcc-net-neutrality/

[peteyt]

Great news. I wonder if the changes will have much difference to us in the uk

[FlyingJesus]

Doesn't this just mean that nothing really changes

[xxMATTGxx]

Doesn't this just mean that nothing really changes

It means companies like Netflix can no longer make deals with internet companies to make sure their service is always fast. Which they have done in the past, not sure if the deals are still in place but now they can't do that.

Then again, this is just for anyone who lives in the USA.

[FlyingJesus]

Oh so you're not allowed to pay more for better service that seems a bit odd

[xxMATTGxx]

Oh so you're not allowed to pay more for better service that seems a bit odd

It's to stop big companies buying the fast lanes of the internet and keeping everyone else in the slow lane. Here's a video that explains it:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fpbOEoRrHyU

[peteyt]

Oh so you're not allowed to pay more for better service that seems a bit odd
Basically ISPs have claimed that they have had to invest a lot to meet the demand of fast growing popular sites such as netflix. ISPs claimed that due to this, the sites should have to help fund this.

I don't know all the details but a court case between Netflix and Comcast ended with Netflix agreeing unwillingly to pay Comcast, to ensure their videos where streamed at a better quality with talks that this could happen on a larger scale, with top businesses getting better speeds for paying extra.

What the recent win means is everyone is one the same speed at least on the ISP level. It means a big company and a little company will have to be treated equally which is great as the internet was always planned as being equal