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I keep seeing people recommending VPNs to fight Net Neutrality, but I don't think that will help. Let's say that they want to slow down sites like TPB and Vodo

by JD557 9y ago

I keep seeing people recommending VPNs to fight Net Neutrality, but I don't think that will help. Let's say that they want to slow down sites like TPB and Vodo while making Netflix faster. Instead of "making everything normal and making TPB slow", which would be a bad for marketing and would be avoided by VPNs, they'll make "everything normal and Netflix fast", which sounds much better in marketing and you can't avoid with a VPN (if you use a VPN, everything will be the same, except for Netflix which will be slower). This is the same thing that is happening with zero-rating in the EU: If you use a VPN, the only thing that happens is that you'll have limited traffic for all services.

geofft 9y ago
Note that this is exactly what's already happening with services like T-Mobile's "Binge On," AT&T's "Stream Saver," etc. You pay for some amount of data, and certain providers like Netflix don't count against that data allotment (and maybe their videos are compressed, or precached near cell towers, or something). The FCC was inquiring into these programs until Ajit Pai's appointment as chairman: https://www.geekwire.com/2017/fcc-ends-inquiries-t-mobiles-binge-free-data-programs-att-verizon-comcast/ https://www.geekwire.com/2017/fcc-ends-inquiries-t-mobiles-b... And the EFF has criticized these programs as a violation of net neutrality: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/01/eff-confirms-t-mobiles-bingeon-optimization-just-throttling-applies https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/01/eff-confirms-t-mobiles...