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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2015-02-11 18:38, Rob Seastrom
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:86y4o4m32k.fsf@valhalla.seastrom.com"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Agreed 100%. Please show how any of the proposed regulations
accomplish either.</pre>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/02/dont-call-them-utility-rules-the-fccs-net-neutrality-regime-explained/">http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/02/dont-call-them-utility-rules-the-fccs-net-neutrality-regime-explained/</a><br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span style="color: rgb(38, 48, 52);
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important;
float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">But the
order does reclassify ISPs as common carriers, regulating them
under Title II of the Communications Act, the same statute that
governs telephone companies. ISPs will not be allowed to block
or throttle Internet content, nor will they be allowed to
prioritize content in exchange for payments.<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> <br>
</span></span></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span style="color: rgb(38, 48, 52);
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style:
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letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important;
float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Internet
providers will be common carriers in their relationships with
home Internet and mobile broadband customers; they will<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="color:
rgb(38, 48, 52); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:
14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing:
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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">also</i><span
style="color: rgb(38, 48, 52); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
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word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display:
inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>be common
carriers in their relationships with companies that deliver
content to subscribers over the networks operated by ISPs. That
includes online content providers such as Amazon or Netflix.</span></blockquote>
<br>
more specifically<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span style="color: rgb(38, 48, 52);
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important;
float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The ban on
blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization is the biggest
takeaway. “Broadband providers may not block access to legal
content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices… may not
impair or degrade lawful Internet traffic on the basis of
content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices... [and]
may not favor some lawful Internet traffic over other lawful
traffic in exchange for consideration—in other words, no ‘fast
lanes.’ This rule also bans ISPs from prioritizing content and
services of their affiliates,” the FCC said. The core provisions
of Title II banning “unjust and unreasonable practices” will be
used to enforce these rules.</span></blockquote>
<br>
Which I take to mean, no more charging Netflix for network traversal
after I (or other customers) have already paid for Internet access;
and no more preferential traversal for players with deeper pockets.
Traffic is traffic as long as it's lawful.<br>
<br>
Also<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span style="color: rgb(38, 48, 52);
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important;
float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">There’s no
ban on data caps, but the proposal would let the FCC intervene
when caps are used to harm consumers or competitors. Cellular
providers have been experimenting with “zero-rating,”
letting consumers access certain services without using up their
data allotments. AT&T is charging companies for the right to
deliver data without counting against customers’ caps; T-Mobile<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/unlike-att-t-mobile-isnt-charging-companies-to-circumvent-data-caps/"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(105, 159, 179);
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">exempts certain music services</a><span style="color:
rgb(38, 48, 52); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:
14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans:
auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important;
float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from caps, but without
charging anyone.</span></blockquote>
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However, watch out for:<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">
<h2 style="list-style: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;
color: rgb(38, 48, 52); font-family: NoticiaBold, 'Times New
Roman', serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 24px;
font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Possible loophole?
“Reasonable network management”</h2>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(38, 48, 52);
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">Net neutrality advocates have worried that exceptions to
anti-discrimination rules would render them meaningless. Wheeler
is allowing for “reasonable network management,” which
“recognizes the need of broadband providers to manage the
technical and engineering aspects of their networks.”</p>
</blockquote>
<br>
... and for the possibility of competition ...<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">
<h2 style="list-style: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;
color: rgb(38, 48, 52); font-family: NoticiaBold, 'Times New
Roman', serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 24px;
font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Google gets what it
wanted: Pole access</h2>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(38, 48, 52);
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/google-to-fcc-if-you-go-with-title-ii-dont-forget-our-favorite-part/"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(105, 159, 179);">Google
asked the FCC</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to
enforce Title II rules guaranteeing access to poles,
rights-of-way, and other infrastructure controlled by utilities,
making it easier for Google Fiber to enter new markets. The FCC
said it would enforce the part of Title II that “ensures fair
access to poles and conduits” to help new broadband providers.</p>
</blockquote>
<br>
I'm sure that all of this will get twisted in a zillion bad ways,
but it does seem headed in the right direction.<br>
<br>
_M<br>
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