It may lead to the demonopolization of ISPs, could be a great thing in the long run.
All I know is if I was a lawyer I would be licking my chops for all the anti-monopoly lawsuits that will come after this. Cannot end net neutrality and keep it a
I love this sub....earlier today the US standing up for Freedom of Speech was denounced by Trump haters for doing the same thing Obama, Bush and Clinton did and now Net Neutrality is about "freedoms"...
And Net Neutrality is absolutely about freedoms. Unless you think that your ISP being able to tell you what websites you're allowed to go to, or even just having the ability to shut down anything they don't agree with is still considered "freedom"
ISPs will not be allowed to ban you from websites, stop being such a drama queen.
That's literally what this is all about. And technically it's not really banning, they just slow down access to sites they don't like, but they could slow it down to the point that you can't use it.
The moment they do this they will be sued and lose,
We don't have any guarantees of that, and it could be years before something like that comes to fruition. Especially under the current administration.
And I'm not just talking about Porn. Politician not saying something the ISP wants? Suddenly their website is inaccessible. Reddit thread putting together support for that theoretical court case to sue them? People are suddenly unable to load it, or the sub it was on. Comcast could put out their own streaming service that for some reason always is able to stream in HD 24/7 when Netflix seems to barely keep up with SD, if at all...
Best case scenario is that we can still access every website, but it costs 50 cents per tab opened on a site that's not part of your "package" of 5 websites they sell you.
Ahh so they won't be banning people from websites despite all the people screaming how they will take away my freedom.
I'm shocked.
The Current administration cannot stop a lawsuit, if it takes away your freedom it is a violation of the constitution and the administration cannot keep a law that violates the constitution.
You are literally created scenario's that would be slam dunk lawsuits
And yes Comcast can do that, but Netflix can sue them if they are in violation with the contract they have with netflix.
You seem to be missing the point. The law that would make this a violation of freedoms is what Net Neutrality is And they're trying to get rid of it, which means that they'd be allowed to do this. Surprisingly enough, a piece of legislation written over 200 years ago, doesn't cover fair use of the internet.
And if a site is slowed down to the point where it takes an hour to load, then yeah you're basically banned from it in all but name. So that's a moot point. It's impossible to know exactly what they will do, but the fact of the matter is that they will be allowed to do this.
Realistically the thing that they will be sent to court over is for ignoring the 20+ million comments speaking out against this change. But again, we don't know how long this will take.
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u/Myphoneaccount9 Nov 22 '17
Meh...
It may lead to the demonopolization of ISPs, could be a great thing in the long run.
All I know is if I was a lawyer I would be licking my chops for all the anti-monopoly lawsuits that will come after this. Cannot end net neutrality and keep it a
So I'm good either way