FCC passes Net Neutrality Rules

[DemocratSinceBirth]

PER CNN

[djean111]

1. Good news, except that regulating prices was pronounced so old fashioned,

so the providers are free to charge whatever they want. So - not really completely regulated as a utility.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. The panel vote was 3-2./NT

[djean111]

4. What worries me is that I used to work for one of the biggest internet providers, and I believe

that they were counting on those extra profits, and they WILL get those extra profits, I think by just raising rates at will.

[nichomachus]

5. Or

by reducing service. There's more than one way to skin a customer.

[RKP5637]

3. Excellent! n/t

[DescendantOfMany]

6. This is a historic action that will be talked about fondly in history books for decades to come.

Although not perfect, our party continues to deliver on some of the most crucial policy decisions of our lifetimes.

This is one of them.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Why would someone oppose it?/NT