Mozilla Files Suit Against FCC to Protect Net Neutrality

Re:Mozilla Files Suit Against FCC to Protect Net Neutrality by wtallis on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @12:44PM (#16169995)

> because streaming video, of which these companies own the largest providers of streaming video, would be the primary thing limited plans would all definitely restrict.

No, the primary thing limited plans would all definitely restrict would be the quantity of data transferred. That's what all the cellular providers already have the infrastructure to monitor and control. And once you've created an IoT-oriented tier of service that is limited to eg. 100MB/month, there's no reason to expend further effort trying to identify and block video streaming services.

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Re:Mozilla Files Suit Against FCC to Protect Net Neutrality by nitrogen on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @11:24PM (#16174685)

I also don't see any reason why a provider couldn't offer a customer-controlled firewall option that disables access to everything but specific endpoints for IoT devices, especially if the "customer" is the IoT device service provider.

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