Goodbye Net Neutrality / Open internet.

[Steamer]

This could start getting very ugly. Big greedy business.... sigh...

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/N...-Longer-127326

[insaneblackninja]

Well that's a bit disheartening... Can't say I'm too surprised though...

[ZERO]

But if they get declared common carriers as a result which they should be this is a killing blow.

[Steamer]

All about the money. Long shot anymore. Time will tell. Still in beginning stages of tit for tat and how normal people will deal. Be it physical, financial, or intellectual, shit is being pushed to the very edge anymore.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

ehh i dont see anything terribly frightening here. Just boycott verizon and send monthly letters reminding your legislators not to fucking dare touch our beloved internet.

[Steamer]

Verizon is small compared to others. The FCC is what pushed competition in all aspects of spectrum. Could get very ugly, believe that. Things, be it cable, wireless, ect, would be very closed if not for certain things the FCC had done, specifically diluting spectrum. There is no good that can come of this once the pockets pour into others. It's something that had beefed more oversight for a long time coming.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

Verizon is small compared to others. The FCC is what pushed competition in all aspects of spectrum. Could get very ugly, believe that. Things, be it cable, wireless, ect, would be very closed if not for certain things the FCC had done, specifically diluting spectrum. There is no good that can come of this once the pockets pour into others. It's something that had beefed more oversight for a long time coming.

I use verizon because since the internet existed, those bastards have wanted nothing more then too control the internet for all it is. Being that verizon is one of the largest oppositions to net neutrality.. sending a message like boycotting or somthing similar may help or even thwart their agenda.

[jeb the hick]

But if they get declared common carriers as a result which they should be this is a killing blow.

Which is precisely why both sides may make appeals to SCOTUS. The court affirmed the FCC's authority to regulate but limited that authority based on their labeling ISPs as common carriers. The Telecom Act of 1996 explicitly labels basic services such as telephony as "telecommunications" and enhanced services such as Internet as "information-services", the latter not being subjected to common carrier regulations. I'm not sure why you're under the impression that they are declared as common carriers because the Appeals court ruled the opposite.

I doubt that SCOTUS would rule in favor of the FCC anyway because there aren't really any explicit rules allowing the FCC to treat ISPs as common carrier.

[ZERO]

'm not sure why you're under the impression that they are declared as common carriers because the Appeals court ruled the opposite.

But if they get declared common carriers as a result which they should be this is a killing blow.

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[Steamer]

Verizon... telephony.. derp derp. I see another split like the wireless department coming.