Tech luminaries call net neutrality vote an 'imminent threat'

Re:Tech luminaries call net neutrality vote an 'imminent thr... by takeda on Monday December 11, 2017 @02:59PM (#15899871)

I'm fairly sure they early stages will even look like it was a good change, making some people wonder why were they even fighting it.

For example excluding affiliated sites from any caps (let's stream 4k movies from Hulu, RedBox etc even if you have lower bandwidth than necessary, you would be excluded for these services) or have data caps not apply for affiliated sites.

For an extra fee you could also get similar treatment for non-affiliated sites (Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Video etc).

In the mean time everything else will gradually is getting slower and slower. Tough luck for any new startup trying to enter the market. As it already is difficult right now, it will be nearly impossible after that.

The absolutely bad things (throttling/blocking/modifying content of sites the companies don't agree with) will happen much much later.

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Re:Tech luminaries call net neutrality vote an 'imminent thr... by nerfhammer on Monday December 11, 2017 @07:03PM (#15901959)

More like they use the fees from content providers to make service nearly free, then they'll be able to plausibly say that bringing back net neutrality will make internet service more expensive. Then, no one will want to bring net neutrality back.

Like how cell phones are "free" so it's impossible to buy one without a contract.

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Re:Tech luminaries call net neutrality vote an 'imminent thr... by astrange on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @05:17AM (#15904358)

None of the major US carriers have contracts anymore, since the start of this year.

https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/verizon-kills-two-ye...

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