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Democrats' Net Neutrality Bill Survives First Vote

posted by chromas on Wednesday March 27 2019, @02:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the 'bated-breath dept.

martyb writes:

Democrats' Net Neutrality Bill Survives First Vote:

A bill backed by House Democrats to reinstate Obama-era net neutrality protections passed its first hurdle Tuesday.

Democrats pushed the Save the Internet Act through the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee in an 18-11 vote that fell along party lines. The legislation codifies rules that were repealed in December 2017 by the Republican-led FCC. As part of this repeal, the FCC abdicated its authority to protect consumers online to the Federal Trade Commission.

The bill introduced by Democrats is an attempt to end a nearly two-decade-old fight over how best to prevent broadband companies from abusing their power as gatekeepers to the internet. Specifically, it prevents broadband providers from blocking, slowing down or charging for faster access to the internet. But it also restores the FCC's authority as the "cop on the beat" when it comes to policing potential broadband abuses.

Republicans have criticized the legislation as giving the FCC too much authority to regulate ISPs.

What are the odds that it will pass?

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  • (Score: 2) by Snow on Wednesday March 27 2019, @03:36PM (3 children)

    by Snow (1601) on Wednesday March 27 2019, @03:36PM (#820699) Journal

    Oh sweetie. It's so cute that you think that you'll get a discount on your home connection just because Netflix/HBO pay your ISP.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by DannyB on Wednesday March 27 2019, @04:21PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 27 2019, @04:21PM (#820730) Journal

    I do not think I get a discount. I think that the ISP wants me to think that. Or to think that for my same price I get magically great connections to Netflix, but not to other things. Or I get unlimited bandwidth to Netflix, but not other things.

    In the end, I will end up paying for all of the infrastructure necessary to deliver that bandwidth to my home. There is no discount.

    So why not just charge it to me directly in my ISP bill without the ISP asking Netflix for "paid prioritization".

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @04:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @04:33PM (#820744)

    It's so cute that you think that you'll get a discount on your home connection just because Netflix/HBO pay your ISP.

    Where's the logic in that? Netflix/HBO pays their ISP for their service, you pay your ISP for yours. Or maybe I didn't see the "/s" tag...

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @05:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @05:15PM (#820774)

    Reading comprehension FTW!

    (you lost btw)