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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday January 21 2017, @01:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the here-we-go dept.

Several news sites are reporting that Donald Trump is looking to elevate Ajit Pai to head up the FCC:

Ajit Pai, a Republican Federal Communications Commission member and foe of net neutrality regulation, will be named to head the agency, according to a person familiar with the transition.

Pai has often dissented as FCC Democrats voted for tighter regulations, including the 2015 open internet, or net neutrality, decision that forbids internet service providers from unfairly blocking or slowing web traffic. The rule opposed by AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. is among those likely to be reversed by president Donald Trump's FCC, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts.

Additional information at Politico and Reuters.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 21 2017, @03:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 21 2017, @03:49PM (#456989)

    Don't be a dunce.
    80% of the population suffers from a last-mile broadband duopoly.
    And one of those choices is nearly always DSL which doesn't live up to the definition of broadband in a world where its common to have 2+ simultaneous HD netflix streams.
    And that's before bandwidth caps.

    You can't take another route when there is only one route.

    Are you sorry yet? [areyousorryyet.com]

  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 21 2017, @03:52PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday January 21 2017, @03:52PM (#456992) Homepage Journal

    Did you actually read what I said before arguing? You're agreeing with me.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 21 2017, @05:23PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 21 2017, @05:23PM (#457020)

      You are one fucking amazing Poe's Lawyer.
      Because I can't see one hint of irony in your original post.

      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 21 2017, @06:23PM

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday January 21 2017, @06:23PM (#457033) Homepage Journal

        You're still not getting it. There was no irony. Routing around it in this case would be Netflix changing up server addresses regularly to avoid downgrades. What they should do though is cut service entirely to any ISP stupid enough to downgrade their streams. What I said never had anything to do with customers.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 21 2017, @07:05PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 21 2017, @07:05PM (#457053)

          You're still not getting it. There was no irony.

          Oh I got it the first time.
          You are just a damn fool.

          What they should do though is cut service entirely to any ISP stupid enough to downgrade their streams. What I said never had anything to do with customers.

          Hello?!? McFly? ISPs hold customers hostage. If Netflix cuts off their customers who suffers? Netflix. The customers just end up going to the ISP's in-house OTT service.

          • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 21 2017, @07:52PM

            by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday January 21 2017, @07:52PM (#457073) Homepage Journal

            You haven't paid much attention then. Dish/Direct TV have been having it out regularly with the content producers for years and it always gets settled and content provided again eventually.

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            My rights don't end where your fear begins.
            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 21 2017, @08:56PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 21 2017, @08:56PM (#457093)

              That's only because Dish and DirectTV have competition - not just between themselves, but cabletv and OTA.
              For somebody who thinks he's the smartest guy in the room, you are clearly misinformed.

              • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 21 2017, @11:43PM

                by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday January 21 2017, @11:43PM (#457153) Homepage Journal

                It doesn't matter if the cable/phone companies have competition. If they have masses of pissed off customers because of their actions, their actions will change. They know enough to not make it a winning proposition for a new ISP to come in with open pipes and take all their moneys.

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                My rights don't end where your fear begins.
                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 22 2017, @01:02AM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 22 2017, @01:02AM (#457198)

                  I see. So now you are down to wishful thinking.
                  Lets say your wishes were horses.
                  And that it actually does work that way for the 800lb gorilla that is netflix.
                  What about the thousands of other small companies that don't have enough of a customer base to exercise this supposed leverage?