FCC Regulating the .NET

[Dezrat]

First off, I wear no tin foil hat, but am inquisitive.........
Have been monitoring this whole new FCC capability to now regulate the Net just as it currently does TV and Radio. Got me to thinking, FCC banned all marketing of Cigarettes from the airwaves long ago on the grounds that they were a harmful product. May be you see where my mind is going with this....?

[MrPlink]

Yes.
Won't happen.

[Wallabing]

The US government has controlled the internet since it's inception. Go ahead and live in your fantasy world if you think the internet is free.

[catmman]

I can't wait! Tired of arguing with people on this so can't wait until it happens so like Obamacare I can be right and say I told you so!

[chiefcrash]

First off, I wear no tin foil hat, but am inquisitive.........
Have been monitoring this whole new FCC capability to now regulate the Net just as it currently does TV and Radio. Got me to thinking, FCC banned all marketing of Cigarettes from the airwaves long ago on the grounds that they were a harmful product. May be you see where my mind is going with this....?

First: where was this decision that the FCC can now regulate the net like it does TV and Radio?

Because all I've seen so far is now the internet will be included with Title II common carrier regulations. That's more like phones than TV/radio. Can the FCC ban you from talking about cigarettes on the phone?

Maybe you see where I'm going with this?

[e90bmw]

means it stays neutral.
How many of you want to pay for a a pipe then have the carriers tell you what you can flow through that pipe?
That's exactly what they were doing with NetFlix and other streaming services by charging a delivery premium.

You pay for a pipe and they should just deliver what you want.
That is what the new regulations say. Comcast can't deliver it's content and cripple NetFlix.

How is that bad????

[Dezrat]

First: where was this decision that the FCC can now regulate the net like it does TV and Radio?

Because all I've seen so far is now the internet will be included with Title II common carrier regulations. That's more like phones than TV/radio. Can the FCC ban you from talking about cigarettes on the phone?

Maybe you see where I'm going with this?

Yes I do and thanks for taking me there. Though I know better, I was reacting to "discussion board facts" elsewhere without thorough research. I stand reproved, corrected, and quite embarrassed.....
If mod. sees thread, please delete....

[Cali-Glock]

means it stays neutral.
How many of you want to pay for a a pipe then have the carriers tell you what you can flow through that pipe?
That's exactly what they were doing with NetFlix and other streaming services by charging a delivery premium.

You pay for a pipe and they should just deliver what you want.
That is what the new regulations say. Comcast can't deliver it's content and cripple NetFlix.

How is that bad????

This is my understanding.

Netflix uses an enormous amount of Internet bandwith.

Netflix pays for the bandwith at their end, the consumer pays for bandwith on their end. The current challenge is that ISPs throttle Netflix (and others) to free up bandwith on their network.

As a consumer it looks like the problem is at Netflix's end rather than at your end.

To me the problem is that ISPs oversell their services and a handful of high bandwith users (streaming movies, etc) use up a disproportionate percentage of the bandwith the carrier has allowed for many customers. Rather than increase their infrastructure to provide what they have sold, the quick and easy solution is to throttle Netflix (and similar high demand services)