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04-23-2014, 03:46 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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FCC to Propose New ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules
The Federal Communications Commission plans to propose new open Internet rules that would allow content companies to pay Internet service providers for special access to consumers, according to a person familiar with the proposal.
The proposed rules would prevent the service providers from blocking or discriminating against specific websites, but would allow broadband providers to give some traffic preferential treatment, so long as such arrangements are available on “commercially reasonable” terms for all interested content companies. Whether the terms are commercially reasonable would be decided by the FCC on a case by case basis.
-- Latest from wsj.com.
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04-24-2014, 12:16 AM #2An Awesome Dude
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My thoughts: LEAVE THINGS AS THEY HAVE BEEN!! (Why change whats worked fine for years??)
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04-24-2014, 09:26 AM #3Junior Guru Wannabe
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04-24-2014, 10:27 AM #4WHT Addict
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I don't like how the FCC is bowing to corporate interests.
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04-25-2014, 02:49 AM #5Owner of the net for a day
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Just stay out, anything they try to micro manage will be a major mess.
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04-26-2014, 01:52 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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I guess future US market will be similar to current HK market.
Either pay USD$100/mbps to China Telecom, or else get high latency and packet loss to China telecom's network.
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05-14-2014, 12:39 PM #7Junior Guru
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broadband need to be reclassified as a telecommunication service, net neutrality has been the only pillar keeping this disaster of home internet service we have functional, the root of the problem is the failure of classifying broadband as telecommunication service.
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05-15-2014, 10:11 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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I read this, and I am not a fan at all.
I will personally be submitting comments to the FCC on this. The FCC allows public comment from anyone.
-mike
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05-16-2014, 04:15 AM #9Retired ***ulator
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It's all about money. Wring as much as possible from everyone.
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05-16-2014, 04:18 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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05-16-2014, 08:57 AM #11WHT Addict
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Eventhough I do not live in the US, the affects on my own use of US sites and my company would be quite considerable so it's worrying.
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05-16-2014, 09:09 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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05-16-2014, 09:27 AM #13WHT Addict
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05-16-2014, 09:37 AM #14Newbie
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This is so frustrating to see the conflicts of interest in the FCC...sigh
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05-16-2014, 09:37 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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Well, from the recent changes your services should at least not be throttled anymore but only not prioritised over others.
As for the UK, only recently the EU Parliament voted in favour of network neutrality - http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26865869
even though it does seem the UK wants to torpedo this once again - http://rt.com/news/159108-uk-block-net-neutrality/
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05-16-2014, 12:39 PM #16Owner of the net for a day
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Telecom laws are decades old and need a major overhaul before it is even considered to be reclassified. We just less than 10 years ago ended a tax that was imposed to fund the Spanish American war over 100 years prior. The laws are very outdated and really a pain. I don't even do anything with telephone and have to file yearly reports now stating as such. I really want nothing to do with that mess as it is now.
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05-16-2014, 12:52 PM #17Aspiring Evangelist
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05-20-2014, 04:35 AM #18Junior Guru Wannabe
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If its for the best then why not, in time we will see its benefits.
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