F.C.C. Announces Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality

Re:F.C.C. Announces Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality by malnourish on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @05:19PM (#15752152)

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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Re:F.C.C. Announces Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality by omegaworks on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @05:50PM (#15752366)

>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-a...

Various cell telcos here in the US have already given preferential data-cost treatment to services like Netflix and Spotify.

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Re:F.C.C. Announces Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality by jakebasile on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @05:59PM (#15752443)

> 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.

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