Monty Solomon posted:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/comcast-quietly-drops-promise-not-to-charge-tolls-for-internet-fast-lanes/
"But with Republican Ajit Pai now in charge at the Federal Communications
Commission, Comcast's stance has changed. While the company still says it won't
block or throttle Internet content, it has dropped its promise about not
instituting paid prioritization.
"Instead, Comcast now vaguely says that it won't 'discriminate against lawful
content' or impose 'anti-competitive paid prioritization.'"
Quelle surprise.
The only way that any form of prioritization can help is if bandwidth is
inadequate. And the only way prioritization can work *is* by throttling other
traffic. What a great incentive to *not* expand ISP net capacity anymore. No
need. You can make more money getting kickbacks from the web sites with deep
pockets.
It's hardly surprising that the broadband providers will go back on any
previous "promises" (to those hopelessly gullible) that they won't play these
games, with an FCC Chairman who is practically begging them to.
The lunatic paranoid yahoos are strangely not screaming for "states' rights,"
this time around. The usual hypocrisy, I guess. I'm waiting impatiently for
multiple states to sue this corrupt FCC, to demonstrate what checks and
balances are.
Bert
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