FCC Chair Confirms Title II Approach To Net Neutrality; AT&T Already Warming Up For Lawsuit - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;47085646]And then promptly on the list of government agencies to urgently destroy by lobbied politicians.[/QUOTE] There's two sides to this though; the ISP's who want to continue to extort the public, and the web giants who worry about the possibility of their services being throttled or completely blocked by ISP's to promote competitors.

The good news is that the net neutrality debate was already going on without a major push from the ISPs in a while. A ton of people are already well informed on what's going on and aren't likely to fall for the ISPs tactics

[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;47084066][url=http://dontbreakthe.net/]Meanwhile...[/url][/QUOTE] Uses EFF as a source against Title II, but this is the first thing you see on their front page: [url]https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/huge-win-open-internet-fcc-officially-embraces-title-ii[/url] Uses Tim Wu (creator of the term net neutrality) as a source against Title II. But he posted this on Twitter today: [url]https://twitter.com/superwuster/status/563071679543644161?s=17[/url] So many of those quotes are out of context BS too. They're getting desparate

Will we be seeing direct results when this is passed? Like will my internet speeds jump up after this? Not big on internet terminology.

[QUOTE=ImperialGuard;47086306]Will we be seeing direct results when this is passed? Like will my internet speeds jump up after this? Not big on internet terminology.[/QUOTE] Probably not, it doesn't force ISPs to improve their infrastructure, just that traffic shaping and blocking can't be used, among other things. If all the aspects of Title II are enforced though other ISPs might be able to move in.

[QUOTE=rilez;47085988]Uses EFF as a source against Title II, but this is the first thing you see on their front page: [url]https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/huge-win-open-internet-fcc-officially-embraces-title-ii[/url] Uses Tim Wu (creator of the term net neutrality) as a source against Title II. But he posted this on Twitter today: [url]https://twitter.com/superwuster/status/563071679543644161?s=17[/url] So many of those quotes are out of context BS too. They're getting desparate[/QUOTE] plus I believe most people are not falling for the bullshit.

[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;47084080]Meanwhile, the industry's taking this in stride. [t]https://www.ncta.com/sites/prod/files/title2-JaneHeader.png[/t] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/hIbD4cJ.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] "Higher prices, less investment, slower network upgrades, less innovation and less service enhancements. All this and more will be done by us to you in retaliation to Title II."

[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;47084066][url=http://dontbreakthe.net/]Meanwhile...[/url][/QUOTE] [quote]Dear Chairman Wheeler, please don’t break the Internet. Continue onwards with net neutrality. The internet is the very means for which millions of job seekers obtain their interviews as well as a medium for which open discussion of ideas is allowed. The internet is very much a utility, as much as phone service was important to the past generations for banking, commerce, and importantly job seeking. Title II will create millions of jobs by guaranteeing job seekers can be connected to the employers they seek I support Title II classification in every form and firmly believe that the FCC has full right to do so.[/quote] my letter [editline]7th February 2015[/editline] i love this website [quote]Public utilities are lousy at delivering high-tech services.[/quote] ............um are they saying they suck at their job then? [editline]7th February 2015[/editline] because nobody actually delivers "high-tech" services besides comcast, twc, ect ect...

[QUOTE=Mr. Jelly;47089205]"Higher prices, less investment, slower network upgrades, less innovation and less service enhancements. All this and more will be done by us to you in retaliation to Title II."[/QUOTE] Oh, so literally nothing will be different. Well wait, the ISPs will be pissed rather than jerking off into a pool of consumers tears. So yeah, bring on Title II! I want this just BECAUSE it upsets them.

[QUOTE=Mastermind of42;47083426]Wanna get a job? Apply online. That's how a good portion of businesses work. Not to mention the importance and place e-mail in business communication. It's getting to a point if you don't have internet access, you will be strictly limited in opportunities and it will affect your livelihood. Internet access is almost as necessary as electricity.[/QUOTE] You can't even get a job at [I]McDonald's or WalMart[/I] if you don't have internet. (Walmart provides a kiosk in store, but still).

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;47083450]I remember when all the FCC did was get miffed when people said dirty words on TV. I'm so happy they're doing something awesome and progressive. [editline]5th February 2015[/editline] When an awful lot of jobs require you to submit applications online you damn well better believe the internet is a necessity.[/QUOTE] every republican i know just says "lol just go to a library or smthn for internet" its like, how long has it been since public libraries had relevance? not only that, but if poor people wouldnt be able to afford internet access, what makes you think they can afford the gas, or even a car these days to get to a library every time they need to use the internet, which is ALL THE TIME. Every day they'd have to go to the library to check their email and other stuff in addition to all the other places they have to go.

[QUOTE=ossumsauce;47094841]every republican i know just says "lol just go to a library or smthn for internet" its like, how long has it been since public libraries had relevance? not only that, but if poor people wouldnt be able to afford internet access, what makes you think they can afford the gas, or even a car these days to get to a library every time they need to use the internet, which is ALL THE TIME. Every day they'd have to go to the library to check their email and other stuff in addition to all the other places they have to go.[/QUOTE] bigger thing is, the "lazy" unemployed spend ~4-5 hours a day putting in resumes, no library computer would let you do that

[QUOTE=Forumaster;47093281]You can't even get a job at [I]McDonald's or WalMart[/I] if you don't have internet. (Walmart provides a kiosk in store, but still).[/QUOTE] They do, but it has a goofy-ass huge track-ball and they're not at all fun to use.

[QUOTE=Sableye;47094919]bigger thing is, the "lazy" unemployed spend ~4-5 hours a day putting in resumes, no library computer would let you do that[/QUOTE] you'd be amazed at how many people who are totally illiterate need someone there with them to fill in those applications

People either don't read or greatly misunderstand what they've read. This wouldn't effect them directly at all. What it does is prevents isp's from "extorting" other businesses, using their customers internet speeds as leverage. This is net neutrality- that all traffic moves along at the same speed. No fast lanes for Netflix, no slow lanes for smaller company competing against Netflix that can't pay extra. What you should hope for (but isn't likely)- is a federal law allowing public infrastructure to be used for Internet traffic. Think Google fiber but rather then wait on Google a city could do it themselves.

So the smear-campaign has already begun. Seen this circulating around: [url]http://start.protectinternetfreedom.com/sign/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=onet-internet[/url] "Protect Internet Freedom", lol.