Current Events > Ajit Pai will step down on January 20th

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Good.

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Who?

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It's over, Comcast has their 1.2 Trillion monthly cap.

They won


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Turbam posted...

Who?

Telecom suit and Trump's appointee to the head of FCC, who immediately went on to get rid of Net Neutrality.

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Turbam posted...

Who?

Some penis who feels the internet should be packaged like cable.

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is his replacement going to be any different? can we trust groups of mostly old people to do right by the internet, whether that's the FCC or Congress?

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what if he just got a better job

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Solar_Crimson posted...

Telecom suit and Trump's appointee to the head of FCC, who immediately went on to get rid of Net Neutrality.

SquirtleSkwad posted...

Some penis who feels the internet should be packaged like cable.

Oh that dweeb?
Thank the lord!

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Medussa posted...

is his replacement going to be any different?

If he's smart he will. I feel like trying to do away with Net Neutrality is a great way to have your house burned down.

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Ajit pai!? My old nemesis!

i remember when repeal of NN was the end of the internet as we know it

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Fuck Ajit Pai
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bloodydeath0 posted...

i remember when repeal of NN was the end of the internet as we know it

In 2014, Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast were caught throttling Netflix traffic. Netflix actually paid them to stop throttling traffic. Netflix then passed the cost of those payments onto their consumers by increasing the subscription price. The price never came back down afterward.

Without net neutrality regulations, we're essentially just trusting that ISPs won't do that again.

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Sexypwnstar posted...

It's over, Comcast has their 1.2 Trillion monthly cap.

They won

This

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He's simply going to be hired back to Verizon or another tele-giant and receive even more millions.
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voldothegr8 posted...

He's simply going to be hired back to Verizon or another tele-giant and receive even more millions.

Pretty much

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bloodydeath0 posted...

i remember when repeal of NN was the end of the internet as we know it

i mean, it literally is. until this fucker, there was never a time without it, going all the way back to the DOD days.

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Who cares let the rich people win. They always will.

They're still just as vulnerable to death as we are. Can't escape everything.

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Hope his desk at home is big enough for his Reeses mug
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Hopefully they can bring back NN.

Steps down only to take a lobbyist spot to fight net neutrality

I hope Bidens pick fights data caps and makes isp's actually lay fiber every where

CADE FOSTER posted...

Steps down only to take a lobbyist spot to fight net neutrality

I hope Bidens pick fights data caps and makes isp's actually lay fiber every where

Yeah, this is one of the things that has frustrated me the most about the state of the internet in the US. Modern fiber can reach 40 to 60 miles. There is a huge opportunity that would mean a ton of jobs to lay fiber all over the country and build and set up fiber hubs every 40 - 60 miles to service both cities and rural areas.

South Korea, while their infrastructure is much more vertical than ours would be, has spent at least a couple decades investing in their internet infrastructure. They've had speeds around 200 - 500 Mbps for a loooooooooooooooong time now.

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In 2014, Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast were caught throttling Netflix traffic. Netflix actually paid them to stop throttling traffic. Netflix then passed the cost of those payments onto their consumers by increasing the subscription price. The price never came back down afterward.

Without net neutrality regulations, we're essentially just trusting that ISPs won't do that again.

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My understanding is that the FCC consists of 5 board members: 3 appointed by the president, 2 by the opposition party(usually by the party's leader in the Senate, IIRC). Pai realizes he's going to lose his chairmanship and wants to collect his reward for doing the bidding of the big TelComs.
Maybe Biden will appoint some one decent, or maybe he'll appoint some one who sucks as a political favor. I can't imagine Joe Biden is terribly invested in the fate of the Internet.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

My understanding is that the FCC consists of 5 board members: 3 appointed by the president, 2 by the opposition party(usually by the party's leader in the Senate, IIRC). Pai realizes he's going to lose his chairmanship and wants to collect his reward for doing the bidding of the big TelComs.
Maybe Biden will appoint some one decent, or maybe he'll appoint some one who sucks as a political favor. I can't imagine Joe Biden is terribly invested in the fate of the Internet.

he is pro net neutrality

Turbam posted...

Who?

Ah shit-pie.

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CADE FOSTER posted...

he is pro net neutrality

I get *that*, but we'll see how "pro" he is now.

Spooking posted...

Yeah, people were peeing their pants and then nothing bad ever came of it. Just your typical fear mongers online.

Its because governments (well, state governments) have been fighting it for the last few years, its not like Telecoms could immediately do whatever they want after how publicly repealing net neutrality went.

At the end of October the FCC officially doubled down on Net neutrality, and federal bills trying to retain some level of net neutrality have been repeatedly shut down/ ignored by the senate so it can't pass.

So we haven't had anything bad happen, because the states are still fighting for it. And they're losing, so unless Biden does something with his FCC appointees, its still going to end and in the next few years everything will actually start going to hell.

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Halo478 posted...

In 2014, Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast were caught throttling Netflix traffic. Netflix actually paid them to stop throttling traffic. Netflix then passed the cost of those payments onto their consumers by increasing the subscription price. The price never came back down afterward.

Without net neutrality regulations, we're essentially just trusting that ISPs won't do that again.

CADE FOSTER posted...

he is pro net neutrality

the problem is, we've seen how a pro-neutrality stance got insanely politicized. ffs, there are still a ton of people who think NN is 6 years old. Restoring NN by EO is just going to backfire again. Having the FCC restore it is better, but it's really going to take some strong, preferably bipartisan, congressional support. and i just don't think the people there right now understand the issue anywhere near enough to fight off all the lobbyist propaganda.

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Medussa posted...

the problem is, we've seen how a pro-neutrality stance got insanely politicized. ffs, there are still a ton of people who think NN is 6 years old. Restoring NN by EO is just going to backfire again. Having the FCC restore it is better, but it's really going to take some strong, preferably bipartisan, congressional support. and i just don't think the people there right now understand the issue anywhere near enough to fight off all the lobbyist propaganda.

Yup. A huge part of the problem here is that most people, especially our politicians, have no idea what net neutrality actually is.

And a troubling sign in recent months is just how little so many people understand about so many things. They don't know what it is so they somehow assume said thing is political in nature. Then they just go with whatever dumb thing they heard about it, whether it's true or not.

As has been said many times ITT, net neutrality is a principle that has been in existence for decades. It only became regulation after ISPs were repeatedly caught violating those principles at the expense of their customers.

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Hate this douche nozzle

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Medussa posted...

i mean, it literally is. until this fucker, there was never a time without it, going all the way back to the DOD days.

Its not though lol

Boot lickers always appear

it never ceases to amaze me how many people want to wear their ignorance as a badge of honor.

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Bishop9800 posted...

This

What happens to that if we put Net Neutrality back?

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Bat178 posted...

What happens to that if we put Net Neutrality back?

It gives people legal recourse if an ISP does that again.

If ISPs don't do that kind of thing again, it'll be fine. That means they're choosing to follow meet neutrality principles on their own.

If they do it again and no laws in that regard are in place, then it's a much harder fight to get them to stop.

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I just want more options for internet than Att and comcast both offer shitty deals in my area literally paying 60 dollars a month for 25 down 5 up

https://youtu.be/LFhT6H6pRWg

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Fuck that guy

Hope the hate he's received got to him

Hope he has problems sleeping

Doubt it. But I can still hope


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oh look, some of that aforementioned propaganda. "you can still binge watch your shows" is especially egregious, since, you know, the Netflix thing is what set this all off in the first place.

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fuck ajit pai and his dumb big ass mugs

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He's still got time to end the FCC ban on Spectrum's data caps.

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Medussa posted...

oh look, some of that aforementioned propaganda. "you can still binge watch your shows" is especially egregious, since, you know, the Netflix thing is what set this all off in the first place.

The misinformation campaign was impressive. My buddy, who is normally pretty well informed, someone got sucked into it.

He thought the idea behind NN was there has to be a balance of positive and negative websites about any given subject. Which of course is incredibly stupid. And does sound like NN isn't something to worry about.

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Probably already made bank by being a scum bag. Wouldnt be too broken up if someone shot him.

Don't forget about zero-rating
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Bio1590 posted...

Don't forget about zero-rating

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