FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see

Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by swozey on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @01:10PM (#15750099)

Let me guess, you live in some mecca of ISP options like the Valley? Because the rest of us don't. I live in a major tech city of 1mil+ pop, to the point that a quarter of the city has Google Fiber, and the only ISP options my neighborhood has (12 miles from downtown and in a vastly tech area) is 1 Cable provider, 1 DSL provider, and Directv.

That means my speed options are 300mbps, 3, or 1.5 with 400ms latency.

Such great "options" if my cable provider decides to upcharge me now.

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Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by orthecreedence on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @01:31PM (#15750307)

> live in some mecca of ISP options like the Valley

Oh man, I wish. I live in the heart of SF and the only option I have is Comcast. I suppose I could try Monkeybrains, but I'd have to get landlord approval and that may be an issue.

The point is, in the US, even in the tech capital of the world, we are still encumbered by private ownership of internet infrastructure.

It's fucking pathetic.

To be clear, I'm a supporter of Net Neutrality, but more so a more built-out municipal fiber system across the US.

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Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by swozey on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @02:15PM (#15750662)

Yeah. It's an absolute slap in the face to be told "Just pick another provider, you have 2 alternatives!" when those alternatives are 10x slower and my main source is already below the fastest in the city (gig). It's like telling me to turn in my cell phone for a rotary land line or to just suck it up.

Internet should've been made a utility a decade ago.

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