The Data From Comments to the FCC About Net Neutrality

Re:The Data From Comments to the FCC About Net Neutrality by sagichmal on Saturday August 09, 2014 @02:55PM (#8157690)

I'm confused. The article claims

    "“net neutrality,” allows internet service providers 
    (ISPs) to discriminate between different types of internet 
    traffic (a “fast lane” for video and social media, for 
    example) in an attempt to help further competition and 
    promote innovation"

and in so doing appears to conflate the FCC's new rule proposals with the abstract principle of net neutrality, which the rules would explicitly contravene.

Is some clarification possible here?

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Re:The Data From Comments to the FCC About Net Neutrality by minimaxir on Saturday August 09, 2014 @02:56PM (#8157695)

I took that directly from the first paragraph on the FCC's Open Internet brief: http://www.fcc.gov/openinternet

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Re:The Data From Comments to the FCC About Net Neutrality by LukeB_UK on Saturday August 09, 2014 @03:27PM (#8157798)

The first paragraph on the FCC's Open Internet brief and what you wrote are very different. You claim that net neutrality allows discrimination. The FCC's first paragraph says it doesn't.

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Re:The Data From Comments to the FCC About Net Neutrality by minimaxir on Saturday August 09, 2014 @04:11PM (#8157889)

You're right. Working on an edit now.

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Re:The Data From Comments to the FCC About Net Neutrality by benblu on Saturday August 09, 2014 @03:58PM (#8157864)

As LukeB pointed out, you've reversed the meaning of the term.

I strongly recommend fixing this -- you really risk confusing the layperson and the debate.

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