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US proposal to kill net-neutrality rules, faces a tough legal and public opinion battle
The United States Federal Communications Commission formally released a draft of its plan to kill net-neutrality rules, which equalized access to the internet and prevented broadband providers from favoring their own apps and services. A vote in the controversial proposal is scheduled for next month. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesBroadband providers are promising to be on their best behavior.
Nov 27th, 2017 - 05:04 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Har, har, har!
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, funded by Google. A telecom policy analyst at the foundation, said there’s little chance broadband companies will engage in “shenanigans,”.
No, no, they won't try and pull anything over on anybody! Are you frickin' kidding me!!?
This is not good for America or the world AND Google is going to get what they want anyway.
Since Trump is so big on firing people, he needs to fire that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
Totally agree. ISPs will be blocking access to any services that don't pay them immediately if net neutrality is revoked. Internet will be like cable services where you can only get the channels they choose to provide and have to pay extra for the good ones. Some ISPs even want the right to censor content and hide the fact they've done it.
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