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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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @03:58AM
That's part of the picture.
What cable TV companies who also do internet want is a paradigm very much like cable TV packages.
This is my favorite infographic on the topic:
The Internet Without Net Neutrality [imgur.com]
These guys have more graphics:
What The Internet Looks Like Without Net Neutrality [techdirt.com]
...and USAians paid $200B to get 50Mb/sec up and down by 2000.[1] [archive.li]
We got screwed and the ISPs walked away with the cash because there were no actual strings|mileposts attached to the giveaway.
[1] The original is 404.
"Intellectual property" sucks.
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