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Yeah, I mean net neutrality lasted all of one year -- there wasn't a problem and there still isn't a problem. Perhaps one day net neutrality will be an issue b
by dantheman 7y ago
Yeah, I mean net neutrality lasted all of one year -- there wasn't a problem and there still isn't a problem. Perhaps one day net neutrality will be an issue but it's not one now.
The issue that local governments granted monopolies to cable companies and telcos -- that's the true problem.
- studentrob 7y ago> there wasn't a problem Throttling traffic to certain websites [1] is not a problem? The reason net neutrality policy came into being is ISPs were beginning to violate it [2]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/22/major-internet-providers-slowing-traffic-speeds https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/22/major-int... [2] https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/explainers/net-neutrality-violations-brief-history https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/expla...
- scarface74 7y agoThe article authors didn’t understand peering agreements that have always been a thing. If one network receives more data than it sends there have always been price negotiations.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Yeah, I mean net neutrality lasted all of one year The FCC policy orientation lasted much longer than that, though the last of the various regimes by which the FCC pursued it only lasted about that long. Of course, the policy orientation was about maintaining a status quo on the internet which was only starting to crack when the first approaches were taken as commercial ISPs started breaking the way the internet has previously worked either to constrain costs or pursue various synergies with their other businesses; the basic state of neutrality on the internet was older than the FCC policy orientation toward actively maintaining it.