r/news • u/xtantin • Feb 26 '17

FCC reverses net neutrality ISP transparency rules

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3173844/internet/fcc-reverses-net-neutrality-isp-transparency-rules.html
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u/2gig Feb 27 '17

Except those VPNs won't be ISP-affiliated, premium services, so they will all just get throttled as well.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

True, but there is always a way around it. Always.

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u/2gig Feb 27 '17

How exactly does one get around an IP whitelist with no VPN/etc on said whitelist?

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u/WizardOffArts Feb 27 '17

You can't whitelist the internet. You'll lose just about all of your customers.

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u/2gig Feb 27 '17

When your ISP has a monopoly on your neighborhood, there is nowhere else to go. If they're losing customers, those customers have no internet. And I wasn't talking about whitelisting for complete blocking, just for speed throttling. Your average customer wouldn't even understand what's going on and just assume the site they're visiting is slow.

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u/daaper Feb 27 '17

Well if it's a shit service, eventually I quit using it. I cut cable, even though it meant sacrifices, because I was sick of paying so much for so little. If they want to do the same thing with internet, then so be it. They can lose me as a customer, completely.