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July 12th, 2017: Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2961972" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/12/ajit-pai-fcc-net-neutrality-open-internet" target="_blank">Ajit Pai: the man who could destroy the open internet - The FCC chairman leading net neutrality rollback is a former Verizon employee and whose views on regulation echo those of broadband companies - The Guardian</a></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Pai’s views echo those of the big broadband companies. That might have something to do with the huge sums AT&T, Comcast and Verizon throw toward lobbying, <a href="http://thehill.com/policy/technology/329982-telecom-giants-spent-11m-on-first-quarter-lobbying" target="_blank">collectively spending $11m in the first quarter of 2017</a>.</p><p></p><p>The big telecommunications companies also argue that the rules are too heavy-handed and will stifle investment in infrastructure – <a href="https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/the-truth-about-net-neutrality-and-infrastructure-investment" target="_blank">although they say the opposite when talking to their investors</a>. Instead of being regulated like utilities, these companies say they’d prefer to self-regulate until net neutrality protections can be passed by Congress.</p><p></p><p>That hasn’t worked out well for consumers so far: during negotiations with Netflix in 2014, Comcast and Verizon <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/netflix-reaches-streaming-traffic-agreement-with-comcast/" target="_blank">throttled streaming speeds by up to 30% on average</a> – until Netflix decided to cough up cash through “paid prioritization” deals. These types of deals were scrapped under the 2015 legislation. Internet providers have also given technical advantages to their own streaming services, as <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/fcc-says-att-is-violating-net-neutrality-with-directv-data-cap-exemption/" target="_blank">AT&T did with DirectTV in 2016</a>.</p><p></p><p>Pretty much everyone outside the large cable companies supports the FCC’s net neutrality rules. In an uncharacteristic display of unity, large companies such as Amazon, Google and Facebook have joined forces with smaller companies such as Reddit, Netflix, Vimeo and Etsy and activists including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the ACLU and Demand Progress to protest the proposed rollback. They are among the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/11/what-is-net-neutrality-threat-trump-administration" target="_blank">200 organizations to participate in a day of action</a> on 12 July in an attempt to get their users to contact Congress and the FCC and demand that net neutrality be protected.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2961972, member: 1"] [B][URL='https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/12/ajit-pai-fcc-net-neutrality-open-internet']Ajit Pai: the man who could destroy the open internet - The FCC chairman leading net neutrality rollback is a former Verizon employee and whose views on regulation echo those of broadband companies - The Guardian[/URL] [/B] Pai’s views echo those of the big broadband companies. That might have something to do with the huge sums AT&T, Comcast and Verizon throw toward lobbying, [URL='http://thehill.com/policy/technology/329982-telecom-giants-spent-11m-on-first-quarter-lobbying']collectively spending $11m in the first quarter of 2017[/URL]. The big telecommunications companies also argue that the rules are too heavy-handed and will stifle investment in infrastructure – [URL='https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/the-truth-about-net-neutrality-and-infrastructure-investment']although they say the opposite when talking to their investors[/URL]. Instead of being regulated like utilities, these companies say they’d prefer to self-regulate until net neutrality protections can be passed by Congress. That hasn’t worked out well for consumers so far: during negotiations with Netflix in 2014, Comcast and Verizon [URL='https://www.cnet.com/news/netflix-reaches-streaming-traffic-agreement-with-comcast/']throttled streaming speeds by up to 30% on average[/URL] – until Netflix decided to cough up cash through “paid prioritization” deals. These types of deals were scrapped under the 2015 legislation. Internet providers have also given technical advantages to their own streaming services, as [URL='https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/fcc-says-att-is-violating-net-neutrality-with-directv-data-cap-exemption/']AT&T did with DirectTV in 2016[/URL]. Pretty much everyone outside the large cable companies supports the FCC’s net neutrality rules. In an uncharacteristic display of unity, large companies such as Amazon, Google and Facebook have joined forces with smaller companies such as Reddit, Netflix, Vimeo and Etsy and activists including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the ACLU and Demand Progress to protest the proposed rollback. They are among the [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/11/what-is-net-neutrality-threat-trump-administration']200 organizations to participate in a day of action[/URL] on 12 July in an attempt to get their users to contact Congress and the FCC and demand that net neutrality be protected. [/QUOTE]
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