The "Net neutrality" fight is important. It is a fundamental issue with how the Internet works. Which side are you on?
government.zdnet.comToday, a federal appeals court rejected the FCC's claim that Comcast couldn't 'sculpt' Internet traffic and block the flow of BitTorrent data.
<--------- This post is a follow-up on my Facebook post above --------->
Who does the Net neutrality discussion involve? There are only a handful of ISPs in this discussion. The last-mile ISPs (your ISP) are small players out of the realm of this discussion. The ISPs (if you can call them that) in this discussion are the national and trans-national network owners which make up the back-bone of the Internet in the US. Essentially, if you think of the Internet being made up of different sized roads, from a driveway into your house to the 10 lane super highways, the "Net neutrality" debate is a basic battle over who should control the rules of the road and mostly involves discussion about the 10 lane superhighways which connect the different parts of the country together.
In-other-words, if ATT owned the Dallas freeways and Timewarner owned the Ft Worth freeways, should they each be allowed to determine who can
get on the freeway, speed limits, road sign design, and the other rules of the road OR should the FCC be in charge of setting the rules?
The ruling was in favor of the near monopoly network owners. Essentially, the networks can decide who is allowed on the network.
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