F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules

Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by zimmund on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:12PM (#15925759)

Sure, it's easy to drown people with a link and a 210 pages document, but can you briefly explain it with your own words and voice your opinion for us?

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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by ikeboy on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:31PM (#15925995)

Personally I defer to economists http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/net-neutrality-ii

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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by mcguire on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:54PM (#15926273)

Wait just a gosh-darn minute there...

"Considering both distributional effects and changes in efficiency, it is a good idea to let companies that send video or other content to consumers pay more to Internet service providers for the right to send that traffic using faster or higher quality service."

I believe Netflix and YouTube and what-not already pay their service providers for the bandwidth they use.

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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by ikeboy on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:16PM (#15926531)

Neither Netflix nor YouTube would exist if they had to pay for bandwidth at the rate consumers do. If Netflix was sending everything over the regular internet, it would literally break - the only reason Netflix can stream as much as it does is because of caching close to consumers.

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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by ikeboy on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:13PM (#15926500)

Actually they peer directly with last mile ISPs, in some cases for free

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