Posted on 01/16/2014 3:02:33 PM PST by Dallas59
How would you like to have to pay a fee to be able to stream YouTube videos at full speed? What if you liked downloading music from, say, Last.fm or Soundcloud, but those sites suddenly became infinitely slower than bigger sites like Amazon or iTunes?
Those are the kind of major changes to the Internet some folks are envisioning after a federal court ruling this week on what's come to be called "net neutrality."
This stuff can get really confusing, with all the government jargon, Internet lingo and competing arguments mixed up in it.
But it's also really important and could rework the Web as we know it -- like allowing the hypothetical situations above become realities.
Here's a breakdown of what this week's ruling could mean to you.
What is "net neutrality?"
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
If it starts, expect the wireless networks to be the first. That’s where bandwidth is really a precious commodity, and the freedom of choice to switch carriers is most limited.
What monopoly is bigger than government?
I like my odds with the ISPs better.
Yes, but if enough people do that, they will just raise the rates on all traffic to the vpn providers.
I believe a free market monopoly forcing me pay more or to choose different products and services is much less harmful (espescially in the long run) than the government telling me what my options are.
Verizon hasn’t done anything. And to suggest that they may is just conspiracy theories. They aren’t even really an ISP anyway.
And how are these guys supposed to pull this off? There are billions of websites, but magically the ISPs are going to somehow put up “toll booths”? To which ones? based on what? They dont even host these sites on servers under their control. Iran has a hard time blocking stuff, but Verizon will commit financial suicide in some fantasy attempt to make a buck off of Netflix?
They supported the FCC, Obama & “Net Neutrality.” They may or may not be wrong, but their track record is not good.
Oh please. Verizon is all over this like white on rice.Yep. People keep talking like this is going to result in their cable and DSL connections tightening things up, but this is really about the cell providers fear of being forced to open things up.
“From the VPN Site to the final destination and back is untracable to your ISP. All they see is You to the VPN and back.”
I think the issue is bandwidth. If the ISP sees something like a 5mbps constant stream, they’ll eventually throttle you regardless of the origin of the data. Of course, this would be after people are accustomed to being rate limited.
You’d also be an extremely rare case ... nobody would understand what you’re complaining about when they eventually throttle you back to 56kbps :-).
“Verizon hasn’t done anything. And to suggest that they may is just conspiracy theories. They aren’t even really an ISP anyway....”
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Verizon not an ISP? I guess I’m confused. We have our home land-line phone service, cable (Verizon FiOS) AND internet provided by Verizon as a “package”. Does Verizon do the internet as a sub-contractor/front man for some other company?
Funny thing is we have our wireless cellular service from AT&T.
How about this? Good grief!
Time Warner Cable actually experimented with data caps--one of the feared outcomes of a non-neutral net--in 2008.
Why you could have to pay more for online gaming soon -- applies to non-gamers too.
Agree
It actually did/does work out great in the case of "common carrier" freight trains, which is the closest analogy to what a neutral net would look like.
Also, what about those of us who don't have 3 different high speed internet providers in the area? The only high-speed provider I have available is Comcast. The other two possibilities are AT&T U-verse, which is DSL and not in the same ballpark as high-speed cable, and...HughesNet, which is a satellite provider. Oh, and I guess I could go back to dial-up with AOL.
The isp is basically telling the govt what to do. Very few regulations go in that the y dont help write.
Both the govt and big isps want this. They can control the web. They win we lose.
That’s work solo well in the cell phone industry. Prices will go up. Freedom will go down.
Moreover, on some days, how could you tell the difference?
(*cough*)
“The other two possibilities are AT&T U-verse, which is DSL and not in the same ballpark as high-speed cable”
Actually U-verse is optical fiber and is much, much faster than the DSL service that I have.
I stand corrected.
Not sure where I got the idea that it was DSL. Probably because I remember looking for fiber optic alternatives to Comcast several years back and the only one out then was FiOS, which was not available in my area.
First big laugh of the night.
Right, they spent lots of money on lawyers arguing for this for years because they don't want to do it.
Whaddya say we take another look at this in a year and see what actually transpires.
Meanwhile, dude, talk to your dealer. He's giving you bad stuff, and it's making you delusional.
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