Our internet freedom in danger

[CARIIS]

My internet is already really slow, I already pay way too much as is. I can only imagine how bad it could get. Forgot trying to watch Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime ever again without forking out more money each month.

please do the link you can do it daily ! Last time it was the public that got it where we have it the way it is .

its gonna be the pitts

 

[CARIIS]

new proposal would do away with rules that prohibit internet providers from blocking or slowing down access to online content and services,

The repeal would represent a fundamental shift to how the internet is regulated. The current net neutrality rules, approved in 2015, internet providers like Comcast (CCVCL) and AT&T (T, Tech30)are barred from deliberately speeding up or slowing down traffic from specific websites and apps. The goal was to prevent those internet providers from picking winners and losers among content providers.

, has been a longtime critic of the net neutrality rules. Since President Trump [video]http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/23/technology/trump-fcc-chairman/index.html?iid=EL[/video] as FCC chairman in January,

"This proposal undoes nearly two decades of bipartisan agreement on baseline net neutrality principles that protect Americans' ability to access the entire internet,

http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/21/technology/fcc-net-neutrality/

 

[bluesneakers]

The backlash is building over the plan to gut net neutrality

"Without net neutrality, the incumbents who provide access to the internet would be able to pick winners or losers in the market. They could impede traffic from our services in order to favor their own services or established competitors," the letter said. "Or they could impose new tolls on us, inhibiting consumer choice."

But while tech companies and average Joes can sign open letters and call Congress as many times as they want, there may actually be little the public can do to stop the FCC from gutting net neutrality rules. Under Pai's plan, states and localities would have their hands tied if they wanted to create their own net neutrality laws.

Pai released his plan on Wednesday for ending the Obama-era rules in favor of a "light-touch approach" that would give internet service providers free rein to control your online experience.

That means internet service providers will be able to act as toll keepers, prioritizing traffic to their own sites, controlling the speed a certain page loads — a practice known as "throttling" — and even blocking access to certain sites

 

[bluesneakers]

Great read.

I'm on the FCC. Please stop us from killing net neutrality

Net neutrality is the right to go where you want and do what you want on the internet without your broadband provider getting in the way. It means your broadband provider can’t block websites, throttle services or charge you premiums if you want to reach certain online content.

I think the FCC needs to work for the public, and therefore that this proposal needs to be slowed down and eventually stopped. In the time before the agency votes, anyone who agrees should do something old-fashioned: Make a ruckus.

Reach out to the rest of the FCC now. Tell them they can’t take away internet openness without a fight.

Jessica Rosenworcel is a member of the Federal Communications Commission.