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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission next month is planning a vote to kill Obama-era rules demanding fair treatment of web traffic and may decide to vacate the regulations altogether, according to people familiar with the plans.
The move would reignite a years-long debate that has seen Republicans and broadband providers seeking to eliminate the rules, while Democrats and technology companies support them. The regulations passed in 2015 bar broadband providers such as AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. from interfering with web traffic sent by Google, Facebook Inc. and others.
[...] Pai plans to seek a vote in December, said two people who asked not to be identified because the matter hasn't been made public. As the head of a Republican majority, he is likely to win a vote on whatever he proposes.
[...] The agency declined to comment on the timing of a vote. "We don't have anything to report at this point," said Tina Pelkey, a spokeswoman for the commission.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday November 16 2017, @09:12PM (6 children)
When you say "Nice content you got there. Be a shame if nobody could consume it." it is extortion. When both consumer and site have already paid their ISPs for the bandwidth they require and peering agreements have covered inter-network communication costs nobody has a legitimate excuse to throttle content.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 16 2017, @09:43PM (5 children)
Coming into someone else's grocery store and demanding "protection money" is different.
Your analogy doesn't apply.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday November 16 2017, @09:54PM (3 children)
You failed to even attempt to refute my explanation before claiming it refuted. Try again if you like.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 16 2017, @10:27PM
Now, try again.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @03:44AM
Now, try again.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @07:03PM
Now, try again.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 16 2017, @10:06PM
Ok that's it, the intertubes need to become a public infrastructure that gets leased by ISPs. We gotta shut up these morons who think it is OK to extort as much money as people will suffer to give. Also, we need single payer healthcare but it should be tied to a database. Anyone who doesn't want to pay the taxes will be charged 30X the actual hospital rates because I'm sure their life is worth it to them.