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And the new head of the FCC has declared the end of net neutrality?

• croon 10y ago
  http://fortune.com/2016/12/15/obama-fcc-chair-resignation-starts-clock-ticking-on-net-neutrality-rollback/ http://fortune.com/2016/12/15/obama-fcc-chair-resignation-st... http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/trump-will-have-no-shortage-of-options-for-attacking-net-neutrality/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/trump-will-have-n... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/12/15/fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-announces-hes-stepping-down/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/12/15... Any candidate put forth by the republicans will attempt to do so, yes. And in the meantime they have a 2-1 majority and will likely aim for it even before that happens.
  • astrodust 10y ago
    We need a term for the opposite of net neutrality.
    • croon 10y ago
      Net partiality? What I've heard most often to describe it is "tiered network access". But preferably I don't want a term for it, because it shouldn't exist. "That which shall not be named"?
      • astrodust 10y ago
        True, but fighting practices often requires naming them so people know what you're talking about. "Bias" is a technical term already, so... In actuality it's a form of double-billing, of collecting from both the sender and receiver even though both they've both paid for access to the other already.
    • dragonwriter 10y ago
      ISP-controlled walled gardens. Or, soon enough, "the way the internet works today"