EU takes a dump on others. Net neutrality is law: no roaming charges

[Meresgi]

Oh wow, no buffering on a single player offline game?! HOLY SHIT

[Waraji]

rofl comments are disabled.

[notorious bum]

Sweet, man, I was looking forward to trying out this game. Now I know to buy Xfinite for the best gaming experience.

[Meresgi]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/23030...s-utility.html

A U.S. lawmaker has introduced legislation that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from reclassifying broadband as a common-carrier utility, a move many net neutrality advocates have called for.

The bill, introduced late Wednesday by Representative Bob Latta, an Ohio Republican, would block the FCC from reclassifying broadband as a common-carrier telecom service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. Earlier this month, the FCC released a proposal to restore net neutrality rules and asked for public comment on whether to reclassify broadband instead of taking an approach advocated by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler that would allow broadband providers to engage in “commercially reasonable” traffic management.

Reclassifying broadband would hurt the Internet economy, Latta said in a statement. “At a time when the Internet economy is thriving and driving robust productivity and economic growth, it is reckless to suggest, let alone adopt, policies that threaten its success,” he said. “Reclassification would heap 80 years of regulatory baggage on broadband providers, restricting their flexibility to innovate and placing them at the mercy of a government agency.”

[kuronosan]

I hate people who don't understand how the internet works.

[Meresgi]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101711520

Softbank's Masayoshi Son—also the chairman of Sprint—said that Americans don't realize how bad their Internet service really is.

"This is the country that invented internet," he said to Re/code co-founder Walt Mossberg at the tech-centric Code Conference on Wednesday.

"How can Americans live like this?" he asked.

[kuronosan]

Said the guy whose company is responsible for the worst mobile internet coverage in the U.S..

[Tyrath]

Doesn't change the fact that its true and that most other modern countries kick our ass at internet.

[Meresgi]

US Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) on Wednesday filed legislation that would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from attempting to regulate broadband Internet service as a public utility.

It probably won't surprise you that Internet service providers have enthusiastically given money to this congressman. As we reported in our May 16 story "Bankrolled by broadband donors, lawmakers lobby FCC on net neutrality," Latta received $51,000 from cable company interests in the two-year period ending December 2013.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...et-regulation/

Another link to the previous post about this bill

[djzombie]

why isn't taking money for passing legislation treason? its just so fucking blatant. start firing squad some of these cunts and things will change.

[Niiro]

im 12 and what is this

Ha, adorable.

[hey]

why isn't taking money for passing legislation treason? its just so fucking blatant. start firing squad some of these cunts and things will change.

Because why would someone pass a law saying they can't accept bribes?

[Niiro]

Because why would someone pass a law saying they can't accept bribes?

[Meresgi]

Because why would someone pass a law saying they can't accept bribes?

Seriously, it's like these people don't live in the best country in the world.

[Meresgi]

http://www.dslreports.com/news/129183

The FCC's website crashed rather hard yesterday, likely after the agency was overwhelmed with users commenting on the agency's net neutrality proceeding (which you yourself can do here if you haven't done so yet). Many wondered if John Oliver's popular rant about cable companies and neutrality was to blame for the crash, though Reddit appears to be driving an ocean of annoyed traffic the FCC's direction this week as well.

[Qalbert]

fcc shoulda bought a fastlane

[mightyg]

fcc shoulda bought a fastlane

or borrowed some processing power from the NSA.

[Meresgi]

http://www.vice.com/read/cables-comp...direction=true

To the surprise of probably no one, ISPs are enraged at the prospect of being classified as a utility and are fighting back. But the attacks are not fully transparent. Many of the organizations protesting a move toward classifying ISPs as a utility, which is the only likely option for enacting net neutrality, are funded by the ISP lobby.

http://bgr.com/2014/06/05/sonic-net-...oyGeniusReport

In the interview, Jasper says that there is simply no reason for ISPs such as Comcast to create data caps for their customers other than to make more money. In fact, he accuses many of his fellow ISPs of creating artificial shortages of bandwidth just so they can implement tiered pricing systems that cost their customers more money.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/5/578...stion-warnings

Verizon has sent Netflix a cease and desist order demanding that it stop presenting its subscribers with messages that blame Verizon's network for poor streaming performance. Netflix's messages are actively meant to knock Verizon — among other service providers — that it alleges have been hurting streaming quality, either actively or through failing to properly maintain their networks.

[kuronosan]

THE FREE MARKET WORKS

[hey]

THE FREE MARKET WORKS

I think a free market would work better than the government sponsored monopolies we have now.