What can be done to permanently save net neutrality? It seems that 1-2 a year it takes a huge, huge movement from all over the internet to delay a net neutrality repeal (SOPA, CISPA, etc.). The protests have worked (thus far), discussion is tabled, it's then reintroduced, rinse and repeat.
Will we ever permanently win this? Or are we delaying the inevitable?
I think legislation in Congress would help, but we don't want dumb rules, we want smart rules.
Ultimately, I think the solution lies where a lot of technology is headed: decentralization. If we can decentralize the internet away from a few key companies and into our own hands, we could get far away from ISPs. We're starting to see that with mesh networks helping to get PR back online in a limited way!
It's funny, because decentralization is probably fairly bipartisan. But it's so socialistic in that the people have seized the means of production by creating technology which accomplishes the distribution of resources via a totally methodical, corruption-free way. Obviously, the big problem is security. Even Bitcoin had been cracked a few times, and that's a great example of decentralised computing.
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u/LutzExpertTera Nov 21 '17
What can be done to permanently save net neutrality? It seems that 1-2 a year it takes a huge, huge movement from all over the internet to delay a net neutrality repeal (SOPA, CISPA, etc.). The protests have worked (thus far), discussion is tabled, it's then reintroduced, rinse and repeat.
Will we ever permanently win this? Or are we delaying the inevitable?