San Francisco: Building Community Broadband to Protect Net Neutrality and Online Privacy
Like many cities around the country, San Francisco is considering an investment in community broadband infrastructure: high-speed fiber that would make Internet access cheaper and better for city residents. Community broadband can help alleviate a number of issues with Internet access that we see all over America today. Many Americans have no choice of provider for high-speed Internet, Congress eliminated user privacy protections in 2017, and the FCC decided to roll back net neutrality protections in December.
This week, San Francisco published the recommendations of a group of experts, including EFF's Kit Walsh, regarding how to protect the privacy and speech of those using community broadband.
This week, the Blue Ribbon Panel on Municipal Fiber released its third report, which tackles competition, security, privacy, net neutrality, and more. It recommends San Francisco's community broadband require net neutrality and privacy protections. Any ISP looking to use the city's infrastructure would have to adhere to certain standards. The model of community broadband that EFF favors is sometimes called "dark fiber" or "open access." In this model, the government invests in fiber infrastructure, then opens it up for private companies to compete as your ISP. This means the big incumbent ISPs can no longer block new competitors from offering you Internet service. San Francisco is pursuing the "open access" option, and is quite far along in its process.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 24 2018, @07:42PM (2 children)
Thank you for admitting you are a lazy rich asshole.
I don't have delivery drivers, because when I want to buy something, I walk to the goddamned store myself. I have exactly zero packages delivered to my house.
I pay $20 a month for internet since I'm not a stupid moron who says, "Duh, I gots to pays my $80 to Comcast cuz monopoly and stuff."
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 24 2018, @08:56PM
It sucks to be poor, huh?
Is that how you make what little money you have, by sucking?
Based on your writing, I'd say that was a much better use for your mouth that spewing the bullshit you're spewing here.
Kissy Kissy honey!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 24 2018, @09:39PM
Dayum son, you been livin' high on the hawg with that in-home internet, real folks walk to the public library to get their network access - why you wastin' $20 per month on luxury? And walkin' to the store to get all your needs, you must be one of them lucky folks what lives next to a Circle K or somethin' - yep, that's real smart gettin' everything you need from the corner store, cars and gas and insurance is just for rich bastard asshole suckers.