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posted by janrinok on Friday December 15 2017, @08:05AM   Printer-friendly

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to dismantle rules regulating the businesses that connect consumers to the internet, granting broadband companies the power to potentially reshape Americans' online experiences.

The agency scrapped the so-called net neutrality regulations that prohibited broadband providers from blocking websites or charging for higher-quality service or certain content. The federal government will also no longer regulate high-speed internet delivery as if it were a utility, like phone service.

The action reversed the agency's 2015 decision, during the Obama administration, to have stronger oversight over broadband providers as Americans have migrated to the internet for most communications. It reflected the view of the Trump administration and the new F.C.C. chairman that unregulated business will eventually yield innovation and help the economy.

It will take weeks for the repeal to go into effect, so consumers will not see any of the potential changes right away. But the political and legal fight started immediately. Numerous Democrats on Capitol Hill called for a bill that would reestablish the rules, and several Democratic state attorneys general, including Eric T. Schneiderman of New York, said they would file a suit to stop the change.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday December 15 2017, @11:31AM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Friday December 15 2017, @11:31AM (#610244) Homepage Journal

    There is if you're of a mind to take up editorial duties. That wall o text and links is too bloody long to slap in a story though.

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  • (Score: 2) by canopic jug on Sunday December 17 2017, @09:30AM (1 child)

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Sunday December 17 2017, @09:30AM (#610932) Journal

    I'd probably be up for trying that if there is no IRC or social control media (esp Faecebook) involved. However, I'm not yet able to meet my own informal goal of averaging seven decent article submissions per week.

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    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday December 17 2017, @05:21PM

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday December 17 2017, @05:21PM (#611023) Homepage Journal

      Editing's easier than submitting, IMO. Yeah, it's more work but it's utterly predictable work that only depends on what's in the queue instead of having to go out and find stuff worth publishing; though several of the eds do in fact submit quite a lot of stories as well.

      IRC is fairly necessary during the training phase but, while handy, it's not actually required after you're all trained up and pushing stories on the production servers. We've got editors that push stories but haven't said a word in IRC for quite a long time.

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