The FCC / net neutrality issue
igor@af
06-04-2014, 04:06 AM
Is anyone an expert on what's going on and what is being proposed? Who is proposing it? Why is it that FCC is going along with it?
From what I understand, if some companies are going to have to pay more money to allow their customers faster access to their property, then the end-result is pretty simple:
(Providers - Verizon, Comcast, etc.)
(Companies - Netflix, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
(Customers - the end-users like you and me)
1. Companies pay Providers for "fast lane," whatever that may mean.
2. Companies pass on their expenses to Customers.
3. This is essentially a financial transfer from Customers' pockets to the Providers.
4. This will probably escalate until all websites have to pay the Providers.
Here's a factual monologue by John Oliver about this
fpbOEoRrHyU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRrHyU
From what I understand, if some companies are going to have to pay more money to allow their customers faster access to their property, then the end-result is pretty simple:
(Providers - Verizon, Comcast, etc.)
(Companies - Netflix, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
(Customers - the end-users like you and me)
1. Companies pay Providers for "fast lane," whatever that may mean.
2. Companies pass on their expenses to Customers.
3. This is essentially a financial transfer from Customers' pockets to the Providers.
4. This will probably escalate until all websites have to pay the Providers.
Here's a factual monologue by John Oliver about this
fpbOEoRrHyU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRrHyU
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