http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/26/technology/fcc-rules-net-neutrality/index.html
Since so many cord cutters do get content from the internet, it will be really interesting to see how this ruling affects us all in the future. On the surface, it looks like a benefit, since the cable and telecommunications companies won't be able to charge Netflix and the like more money for better service. I just hope it doesn't lead to the cable/telecommunications companies not caring if we get good service or not.
Being on this side of the fiber, so to speak, and seeing the outages and troubles we have GETTING service to some places, watch out - there goes a good source for money for these outfits to finally update and upgrade older equipment. In some cases it’s going to hurt us because the Internet infrastructure was never intended for, nor built and designed for, the likes of Netflix, etc. - these come along and kill service for the rest of us needing business communications because they suck up all the bandwidth bringing some areas to their knees. The infrastructure is older in most places - except for you who have commented here about fiber this and that and unlimited data - it was never intended to run as you are running it. It was never intended for that much traffic and that many addresses being connected. We see a lot of outages and a lot of bandwidth and choking issues thanks to Netflix and others streaming content that the structure simply can’t easily handle. Many routers and firewalls are still old enough to be using the old DNS specs, many routers end up being “black hole routers” and we see packet loss and mysterious disappearances of traffic.
Now the companies will not be able to charge the “road hogs” to recoup what it takes to build the structure for that sort of traffic.
You can liken it to the counties having their hands tied as far as increasing license fees and use tax and the gas taxes blocked from increases - roads will crumble because bigger and longer hummers and trucks will use them and those of us with cars will be riding rough roads filled with potholes.
Frankly, if someone is a hog, they need to pay more than modest users such as myself because they are the reason we NEED all this new structure to handle the incredible increases in traffic. You use, you should pay, it’s that simple, otherwise I pay for your use of the Internet for games and movies and all I want to do is get bloody email.
Over-dramatization but maybe you get my drift.
You are asking for socialism and of course that’s what the feds are doing now, socializing the service where all subsidize what the biggest users take. I say pay your fair share - if you use more, PAY more. Someone needs to cover the more expensive newer structure, it should be those that use and need it, not the rest of us.
Many have been spoiled by unlimited super-cheap internet paid for by those who use the highway to the max. Now it’s like health insurance, mine has skyrocketed so that others can be covered. You’ve asked the same for the Internet. (There is no unlimited cheap internet around here. We are ranked something like 48 or 49 out of 50 states in broadband Internet)
Like all things, those who use more should pay more. Sort of like the taxes of other countries. There’s no income tax, but you pay when you spend. The bigger spenders pay more - it encourages money to be saved and the countries benefit as a whole unlike our system.
I’m for “pay your fair share”. if you are a pig, pay, don’t make ME pay when I use so little.
So that you can have cheap endless entertainment when we need it for business at work our monthly bills are going to jump.
