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- F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
- FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules
- "Net neutrality is the secret sauce that has made the internet awesome"
- FCC overturns net neutrality rules, but supporters pledge to continue fight
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.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Friday December 15 2017, @05:19PM (2 children)
You cannot slow down a connection without dropping packets. If there is a certain number of packets per second arriving, then either you pass all of them, or you drop some of them. Prioritizing packets means changing the probability that a packet is dropped, and thus is covered by that point.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @06:13PM
Consider the blackouts in California caused by Enron and friends. Electrical power would be routed in "stupid" ways to purposely fill the capacity of various connections. This forced some areas to buy more expensive power, since the connection to cheap power was already at capacity. Profit!
So in this case, suppose Hulu wants to take down Netflix. That is easy enough. Send every packet 100 times. Packets get dropped based on your criteria. Hulu service does fine, since usually at least one copy of each packet will get through. Netflix customers don't get their packets... until Netflix joins the arms race with each packet duplicated 10000 times. So then Hulu responds...
(Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Saturday December 16 2017, @01:03PM
Window size for one can limit throughput, even without packet loss. The "Window size" section under the following article is a good read, but I'm sure you can find plenty more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_tuning [wikipedia.org]