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I hate to sound alarmist, but is this going to be as terrible as I fear it will be? We can we reasonably expect Comcast et al to implement new measures? Will t

I hate to sound alarmist, but is this going to be as terrible as I fear it will be? We can we reasonably expect Comcast et al to implement new measures? Will this allow them to e.g. throttle bittorrent? Can a future administration overturn this (via an FCC chairman/congressional bill)? Will the suits that are bound to be filed have grounds? Will someone have a heart to heart with Pai and ask him if he wants to be remembered as one of the United States' sincerest villains?

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omegaworks 9y ago
>I hate to sound alarmist, but is this going to be as terrible as I fear it will be? Have a look at how Portugal's ISPs have structured their pricing tiers: http://www.businessinsider.com/net-neutrality-portugal-how-american-internet-could-look-fcc-2017-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/net-neutrality-portugal-how-a... Various cell telcos here in the US have already given preferential data-cost treatment to services like Netflix and Spotify.
jakebasile 9y ago
> Can a future administration overturn this (via an FCC chairman/congressional bill)? Yes. There is always a way to change things in the US, it just might be difficult to do so. In short: rulemaking such as this can be overturned by new rulemaking or by new legislation. Legislation can be overturned by passing legislation to repeal it or by a court finding it unconstitutional or otherwise invalid. Unconstitutionality or other judicial precedent can be overturned by new legislation or constitutional amendment.