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Re:Ajit Pai says you’re going to love the death of net neutr... by hartator on Monday June 11, 2018 @02:51PM (#17287235)
Most of the repelled rules were in effect only since 2014. I don't remember the web being a terrible place before 2014.
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Re:Ajit Pai says you’re going to love the death of net neutr... by cweagans on Monday June 11, 2018 @03:06PM (#17287425)
You weren't paying attention then. Here are a few of the pre-2014 instances of blatant fuckery: https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/expla...
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Re:Ajit Pai says you’re going to love the death of net neutr... by shadofx on Monday June 11, 2018 @03:01PM (#17287365)
ISPs really only started abusing their power in 2011-12, hijacking connections to point to their own stuff, blocking video, etc. They got sued. Then the FCC got tired of wasting money in court so they made it a rule.
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Re:Ajit Pai says you’re going to love the death of net neutr... by 8u23u0893290u on Monday June 11, 2018 @03:03PM (#17287391)
Not a shock since human memory is awful:

https://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-formally-rules-comcasts-thrott...

They've even been blocking legal speech, so:

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/us/27verizon.html

You know

All is good. Keep following orders!

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Re:Ajit Pai says you’re going to love the death of net neutr... by kinsomo on Monday June 11, 2018 @02:53PM (#17287276)
> Most of the repelled rules were in effect only since 2014. I don't remember the web being a terrible place before 2014.

The now-repealed rules were a codification of the pre-2014 status quo.

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