[At-Large] FCC TO SCRAP NET NEUTRALITY

[Carlton Samuels]

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-Carlton


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On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 6:45 PM, Holly Raiche <h.raiche at internode.on.net>
wrote:

> Yes it will - no question.  But that is an Internet Governance issue.  On
> this list, the more specific question has been whether it impacts on
> ICANN’s remit - and it doesn’t.  Very interesting and important topic, no
> doubt.  Just not on this list please
>
> Holly
>
> On 7 Dec 2017, at 10:39 am, William Michael Cunningham <
> williamcunningham840 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for posting. Clearly, this plan will damage the open, unfettered
> operation of the internet.
>
> On Dec 4, 2017 12:32 PM, "Kris Seeburn" <seeburn.k at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> *Trump’s FCC Chair, Ajit Pai, just released his plan to kill net
> neutrality.*
>
> Pai’s plan scraps the legal requirements underpinning Title II regulations
> and opens the door to internet slow lanes and monopolies over broadband
> networks.1
>
> And Pai has scheduled a December 14 vote—just three weeks from now—to
> approve his plan.
>
> Pai has said that he believes that Big Cable should regulate itself when
> it comes to the free and open internet.
>
> *But even with net neutrality rules in place, companies such as Verizon,
> AT&T, and Comcast have broken the regulations over and over and over.* In
> just two years, the FCC has received more than 40,000 net neutrality
> complaints from consumers.2
>
> If Title II protections are allowed to be overturned, we will go back to
> the days when Big Cable throttled websites based on what internet companies
> paid, blocked traffic to sites that competed with their own services, and
> redirected sites without user permission—all with impunity.
>
> Kris
>
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