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Restrictions on US broadband providers' ability to prioritise one service's data over another are to be reduced after a vote by a regulator.

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The Federal Communications Commission split three to two in favour of changing the way "net neutrality" is governed.

Internet service providers (ISPs) will now be allowed to speed up or slow down different companies' data, and charge consumers according to the services they access.
But they must disclose such practices.

Proceedings in Washington were halted for around 15 minutes after a security alert forced an evacuation of the FCC's chamber.
Campaigners claim the reversal of rules introduced under President Barack Obama will make the internet less open and accessible.

But the FCC's chairman Ajit Pai has suggested the move will foster innovation and encourage ISPs to invest in faster connections for people living in rural areas.
He refers to the change as "restoring internet freedom".

Technically, the vote was to reclassify broadband internet as an information service rather than telecommunications.
The consequence of this is that the FCC will no longer directly regulate ISPs.

Instead jurisdiction will pass to another regulator, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Its key responsibility will be to check that the companies disclose if they block data, throttle it or offer to prioritise traffic, rather than stopping such behaviour.
One criticism of this is that consumers often have few if any ISPs to choose between. Moreover, opponents of the change claim it could take years to address any misbehaviour.

"I dissent to this legally-lightweight, consumer-harming, corporate-enabling, destroying-internet freedom order," said Democrat commissioner Mignon Clyburn ahead of the vote.
But fellow commissioner Michael O'Rielly, a Republican, said fears over the end of net neutrality were a "scary bedtime story for the children of telecom geeks".


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I'm in the UK so this doesn't affect me as far as I know, and I have no opinion on whether it's good or bad, and I don't care if I should have an opinion.


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Now I have to pay to steal memes..
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I have some weird "blind hope" in the back of my head that it's not what a lot of people assume will happen. Net Neutrality is like what, 3 years old to begin with? I had Verizon during that time and I can't remember ever having my speeds slowed down or having to pay extra money to buy a package to access extra sites. Then again, I also wasn't in a monopoly county/city/town where say Comcast literally ruled that area, so my thought process could be completely void to someone who actually had that situation. Either way, I believe it now has to go to congress to fully pass?
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I hope it's not what people are putting it out to be that you have to pay to use extra site I don't even know why they passed this so it's kind of stupid.
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the way people are perceiving this is much different then what it really is. Yes, there were extra charges then, but it was not enough to piss everyone off. Think of it like a TV package in a sense that is mainly where people are getting the thought of +20 for this or +20 for that.

In theory if, Pai doesn't become a idiot there should be no significant difference other then a slightly higher monthly, and maybe better packages coming near you.

EDIT: once more, people can't seem to comprehend this has happened twice before. Both times never made it past congress. This is only the beginning lmao


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Mitochondria wrote the way people are perceiving this is much different then what it really is. Yes, there were extra charges then, but it was not enough to piss everyone off. Think of it like a TV package in a sense that is mainly where people are getting the thought of +20 for this or +20 for that.

In theory if, Pai doesn't become a idiot there should be no significant difference other then a slightly higher monthly, and maybe better packages coming near you.


Without the FCC over the internet now, which is what the repeal did, Pai has no more control over what companies do than you or I do(Unless you own a large tiered ISP).

Repealing this is essentially taking the Government out of the internet providers and giving them free reign. Now, it will come down to individual companies and higher up desk people to decide what they want to charge for literally any website/service.

I doubt, right away, we will see anything change. A year or so, we'll start to see small charges and fees/offers.

But we'll have to wait to find out.
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Google has enough money if this did/does go through i hope they dont make us pay to use google every month.
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hoping we can somehow just avoid this altogether
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People, do NOT believe in this 'meme' that's running across various social media sites that say that you're going to have to start paying to use certain apps or sites, such as Google searches at 99 cents each or Twitter for $9.99 a month. That is very wrong and before 2015, you all know that wasn't a thing and it never will be.

I still don't think it should be repealed, hopefully it will get blocked by Congress or by the courts; there are already some states who are suing to maintain net neutrality. The states are:
- California
- Oregon
- Vermont
- Washington
- Delaware
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Mississippi
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia

If you don't see your state there and believe that net neutrality should be kept, make sure to find your state representative's contact information and send him an e-mail or call, you're in the liberty to do so.
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Lily wrote People, do NOT believe in this 'meme' that's running across various social media sites that say that you're going to have to start paying to use certain apps or sites, such as Google searches at 99 cents each or Twitter for $9.99 a month. That is very wrong and before 2015, you all know that wasn't a thing and it never will be.

I still don't think it should be repealed, hopefully it will get blocked by Congress or by the courts; there are already some states who are suing to maintain net neutrality. The states are:
- California
- Oregon
- Vermont
- Washington
- Delaware
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Mississippi
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia

If you don't see your state there and believe that net neutrality should be kept, make sure to find your state representative's contact information and send him an e-mail or call, you're in the liberty to do so.


May i ask where you got that list?

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