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In the recent news, it seems Net Neutrality may not be quite as doomed as earlier news.
The Federal Communications Commission’s proposal for open-Internet rules will align with a blueprint President Barack Obama offered last year for strong regulation to guarantee Web traffic is treated equally, the head of the agency said.
From the article:http://www.dallasnews.com/business/headlines/20150107-fcc-head-plans-to-heed-obama-blueprint-to-ban-web-fast-lanes.ece
“We’re both pulling in the same direction,” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. “We’re going to propose rules that say no blocking, no throttling, no paid prioritization.”
I guess we will see how this actually turns out after the vote on Feb. 26.
Also noted on Ars Technica - Title II for Internet providers is all but confirmed by FCC chairman
(Score: 2) by fnj on Saturday January 10 2015, @02:51PM
Thank you for almost certainly by far the most thoughtful post in this discussion. I agree that the proposal may turn out in the specification and the implementation to not go far enough. On the other hand, the cacophony of moaning and wailing that it is too onerous and goes too far suggests that this may arguably be pretty close to the best compromise we would be likely to get, and it's a whole lot better than the status quo.