Archived Broadband providers sue FCC to stop net neutrality regulations (latimes.com)
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Archived Broadband providers sue FCC to stop net neutrality regulations (latimes.com)
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[–] rwbj 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
The actual rules are even worse. They actually say:
The exception "reasonable network management" is used in the bill 72 times. It is never well defined beyond "any practice that is primarily for reasons of network management." Realizing how incredibly vague the term is the FCC have already decided how to deal with disputes in practice. They'll deal with it personally on a case-by-case basis. Don't worry, I'm sure they'll be objective!
If it wasn't clear this was an intentional way to undermine the rules from within, this might be an interesting read. That's a 7 year old article from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The issue they're talking about was one of Comcast's early manipulations of user traffic they did not approve of. They came under scrutiny but got away with everything by claiming it was all just "reasonable network management." Literally the exact same phrase. As a result of this the EFF, as far back was 7 years, was already strongly urging the FCC to clearly define what qualifies as "reasonable network management" or at the minimum require companies to disclose exactly what sort of "reasonable network management" practices they will be engaging in. The FCC chose to do none of these things.
The net neutrality rules are a disaster for consumers. It's amazing what a bit of song and dance "Oh darn we really don't like these rules." can do to manipulate people. The rules are right there for anybody to read, but they don't.
[–] syn0byte 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
A much better argument against it than the OP and pretty much exactly what i knew would end up getting through.
I don't think the lawsuit is entirely song and dance per se. If they can get the courts to cripple the FCC now all the better, but they certainly have their bases covered. In any case our awareness or even willingness to fight it is as irrelevant as its always been. That's the beauty of it. Don't like it? OK we won't do it and you get filtered and throttled. Oh you do want it? well its so broad and useless you still get filtered and throttled. We lost long before it was even a talking point, the only thing being decided is how big their win is.
[–] catechumen 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Except take a look at prior court cases, every time they got in trouble for throttling. That's case law.