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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 DannyB on Thursday November 16 2017, @10:40PM (1 child)
Net Neutrality was how the net started out. Net Neutrality is something to be defended. Like clean air and clean water. The whole subject of Net Neutrality would never have come up if ISPs weren't 'polluting' the internet with packet discrimination and even alteration.
Like with air and water pollution, the players must be regulated because they cannot behave. They brought it on themselves.
To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @03:54AM
Soylentils, you're intellectual garbage.