Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a public utility

Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by notatoad on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:49PM (#27440600)

when people talk about the "the internet" being a public utility, they mean internet access. which is "a thing", and is a single discrete idea.

public utility status for the internet means that every packet delivered over internet protocol (aka "IP", which again, is a thing) must be delivered by the carrier/ISP without discrimination.

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by Buttons840 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:24PM (#27441051)

Yes. If my service was declared a common carrier I'd experiment with creating my own ISP and banning people at the ISP level, which also happens to be the only ISP hosting my service.

This is why this doesn't make sense. Some internet companies can arbitrarily block you and others can't?

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by notatoad on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:46PM (#27441340)

It doesn't make sense if your goal is to create a fair internet for everybody, or to build a consistent set of rules based on reasonable principles.

it makes perfect sense if you are a politician looking to hop on the anti-google bandwagon enough to make it look like you're doing something without actually doing anything.

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