Right, just like most of Obama's "accomplishments".
Net neutrality
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Don't be afraid. You will still have access to your dial up connection in "Colombia", as long as the electricity doesn't go out.
You think google gave you search for free because you were their customer?
On a more serious note, the service provider’s lobbyists will be working full time to perpetuity to keep the now current rules, or lack thereof, in place. I’m concerned a change back may never happen.
It may come down to the Dems making a money versus votes type decision in upcoming elections.
The overall trend over the last couple of decades has been less rights and consumer protections, so I am not optimistic.
I'm back from the range where I was shooting the crap out of stuff while listening to the 'deliberation' today. 250 rounds is high for me.
I am a relative expert, infrastructure was a big part of my consultancy role and it was just one lie or exaggeration after another in the hearing.
"I, for one, see great value in the prioritization of telemedicine and autonomous car technology over cat videos" There are existing 2015 provisions to protect certain types of traffic, voice calls 'remote surgery' etc. His stuff on new automated cars is massively exaggerated but even then just amend the 2015 bill to make autonomous car traffic high priority. Those boys were really spinning yarns for the public.
I have 200M+ business fiber and 50Mb domestic here on different ISPs, steady as a rock. Also 2x 4g backups. I am a pro trader you mystery man who never mentions trading and is afraid of the world. Power is very good here because of the lightening, the cables are underground in this area.
One thing that is driving people to upgrade in Colombia is Netflix 4k for their new TVs, people are paying quite a lot for expanded packages they would not bother with otherwise.
The reality is infrastructure expands with demand and people pay for it. Netflix I recall had an agreement with Level 3 Networks to carry the bulk of their global traffic (back bone transit provider) to the regional border switches.
The ISP is only taking the hit on the last leg however that increase, drives sales.
I am a relative expert, infrastructure was a big part of my consultancy role and it was just one lie or exaggeration after another in the hearing.
"I, for one, see great value in the prioritization of telemedicine and autonomous car technology over cat videos" There are existing 2015 provisions to protect certain types of traffic, voice calls 'remote surgery' etc. His stuff on new automated cars is massively exaggerated but even then just amend the 2015 bill to make autonomous car traffic high priority. Those boys were really spinning yarns for the public.
I have 200M+ business fiber and 50Mb domestic here on different ISPs, steady as a rock. Also 2x 4g backups. I am a pro trader you mystery man who never mentions trading and is afraid of the world. Power is very good here because of the lightening, the cables are underground in this area.
One thing that is driving people to upgrade in Colombia is Netflix 4k for their new TVs, people are paying quite a lot for expanded packages they would not bother with otherwise.
The reality is infrastructure expands with demand and people pay for it. Netflix I recall had an agreement with Level 3 Networks to carry the bulk of their global traffic (back bone transit provider) to the regional border switches.
The ISP is only taking the hit on the last leg however that increase, drives sales.
This is a dirty as it gets. Forgetting Don Jr mistaking his father's appointee for Obamas today for the moment..
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xmaj4/senators-net-neutrality-vote-postponed
Dec 4 2017, 2:03pm
28 United States senators are calling for the Federal Trade Commission (FCC) to halt a net neutrality vote scheduled for later this month over concerns about “fake or fraudulent comments.” In a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai delivered Monday, the senators urged him to postpone the decision.
On December 14, the FCC is slated to vote on whether to suspend Obama-era Title II regulations that protect net neutrality, the principle that internet service providers (ISPs) treat all traffic the same. Many experts regard the regulations as crucial for maintaining an open and free internet. The safeguards are supported by the majority of Americans, while telecom companies and their lobbyists argue they hinder innovation.
The FCC is mostly made up of Republicans who oppose the regulations—Pai was appointed by President Trump—and so it is widely expected that net neutrality will be dismantled later this month when the commissioners vote on the issue. The group of senators, none of whom are Republicans, are worried that the FCC doesn’t actually understand how the public feels about net neutrality because the public record has been flooded with likely fake comments sent by bots.
“We request a thorough investigation by the FCC into reports that bots may have interfered with this proceeding by filing hundreds of thousands of comments,” the letter from the senators reads.
The senators have good reason to be worried about fake comments sent to the FCC, especially those opposing net neutrality. In total, the FCC released nearly 22 million comments submitted through its website during a public commenting period from April 27 to August 30 of this year. The FCC received significantly fewer online comments—only around 4 million—the last time it asked the public to weigh in on net neutrality in 2014.
Over 80 percent of the comments are believed to have been sent by bots, according to an October analysis conducted by the Gravwell, a data analytics company. Most of the automated comments opposed net neutrality, while around 95 percent of “organic,” or believed to be legitimate comments, favored the current regulations.
A more recent analysis conducted by the Pew Research Center released late last month found that over half of comments sent to the FCC contained misleading or false personal information. Some 57 percent utilized either duplicate email addresses, or throwaway addresses meant to “used for a short period of time and then discarded.” 7,500 were affiliated with the email “example@example.com.” Dozens bizarrely referenced the animated film Bee Movie, which became a popular meme earlier this year.
Pew also found that only six percent of the nearly 22 million comments were unique; most were duplicates. The seven most-submitted comments—six of which argued against net neutrality—represented 38 percent of the total comments.
Nine different times, more than 75,000 comments were submitted at the exact same second. Three of the instances included pro-net neutrality comments, and five were anti-net neutrality. The researchers note that many comments were uploaded en masse by advocacy groups, and were not all perpetuated by bots.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xmaj4/senators-net-neutrality-vote-postponed
Dec 4 2017, 2:03pm
28 United States senators are calling for the Federal Trade Commission (FCC) to halt a net neutrality vote scheduled for later this month over concerns about “fake or fraudulent comments.” In a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai delivered Monday, the senators urged him to postpone the decision.
On December 14, the FCC is slated to vote on whether to suspend Obama-era Title II regulations that protect net neutrality, the principle that internet service providers (ISPs) treat all traffic the same. Many experts regard the regulations as crucial for maintaining an open and free internet. The safeguards are supported by the majority of Americans, while telecom companies and their lobbyists argue they hinder innovation.
The FCC is mostly made up of Republicans who oppose the regulations—Pai was appointed by President Trump—and so it is widely expected that net neutrality will be dismantled later this month when the commissioners vote on the issue. The group of senators, none of whom are Republicans, are worried that the FCC doesn’t actually understand how the public feels about net neutrality because the public record has been flooded with likely fake comments sent by bots.
“We request a thorough investigation by the FCC into reports that bots may have interfered with this proceeding by filing hundreds of thousands of comments,” the letter from the senators reads.
The senators have good reason to be worried about fake comments sent to the FCC, especially those opposing net neutrality. In total, the FCC released nearly 22 million comments submitted through its website during a public commenting period from April 27 to August 30 of this year. The FCC received significantly fewer online comments—only around 4 million—the last time it asked the public to weigh in on net neutrality in 2014.
Over 80 percent of the comments are believed to have been sent by bots, according to an October analysis conducted by the Gravwell, a data analytics company. Most of the automated comments opposed net neutrality, while around 95 percent of “organic,” or believed to be legitimate comments, favored the current regulations.
A more recent analysis conducted by the Pew Research Center released late last month found that over half of comments sent to the FCC contained misleading or false personal information. Some 57 percent utilized either duplicate email addresses, or throwaway addresses meant to “used for a short period of time and then discarded.” 7,500 were affiliated with the email “example@example.com.” Dozens bizarrely referenced the animated film Bee Movie, which became a popular meme earlier this year.
Pew also found that only six percent of the nearly 22 million comments were unique; most were duplicates. The seven most-submitted comments—six of which argued against net neutrality—represented 38 percent of the total comments.
Nine different times, more than 75,000 comments were submitted at the exact same second. Three of the instances included pro-net neutrality comments, and five were anti-net neutrality. The researchers note that many comments were uploaded en masse by advocacy groups, and were not all perpetuated by bots.
Max praised Obama a while back when he blocked this same issue as President , where is he now ?
and where is Jem with all his talk about ''freedom'' ? . ?
we know . . . . it's all (A)OK when Trump does it.
.This apple didn't fall far . . . .
Donald Trump Jr. Doesn’t Seem To Know His Dad Appointed The FCC Head
He blamed Obama for Commissioner Ajit Pai’s role in the net neutrality repeal.
Donald Trump Jr. managed to spread some fake news Thursday on Twitter.
The president’s son used the platform to criticize supporters of net neutrality after the Federal Communications Commission repealed the Title II protections that kept the internet a public utility. Unfortunately, Trump Jr. doesn’t seem to have all the facts in order.
“I would pay good money to see all those people complaining about Obama’s FCC chairman voting to repeal #NetNeutality actually explain it in detail,” Trump Jr. wrote. “I’d also bet most hadn’t heard of it before this week. #outrage.”
In fact, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai was appointed by President Donald Trump in January. Former President Barack Obama appointed Pai to a five-year term on the commission in 2012, but Democrats fought against his term’s renewal last year. The commission voted to repeal the net neutrality protections in a 3-2 vote, with Pai voting in the majority.
Donald Trump Jr. Doesn’t Seem To Know His Dad Appointed The FCC Head
He blamed Obama for Commissioner Ajit Pai’s role in the net neutrality repeal.
Donald Trump Jr. managed to spread some fake news Thursday on Twitter.
The president’s son used the platform to criticize supporters of net neutrality after the Federal Communications Commission repealed the Title II protections that kept the internet a public utility. Unfortunately, Trump Jr. doesn’t seem to have all the facts in order.
“I would pay good money to see all those people complaining about Obama’s FCC chairman voting to repeal #NetNeutality actually explain it in detail,” Trump Jr. wrote. “I’d also bet most hadn’t heard of it before this week. #outrage.”
In fact, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai was appointed by President Donald Trump in January. Former President Barack Obama appointed Pai to a five-year term on the commission in 2012, but Democrats fought against his term’s renewal last year. The commission voted to repeal the net neutrality protections in a 3-2 vote, with Pai voting in the majority.
