WA - Net Nutrality Law -

[RicInOR]

Because More Government is always the answer.

Washington just passed the country's toughest net neutrality legislation

Washington's law applies to all ISPs that serve residents, whether or not they have state deals. All internet service offered in Washington would have to be free from blocking or throttling of legal online content. Nor could it be subject to a system of premium-priced "fast lanes" that offer better bandwidth to content providers that pay extra for the privilege.

HMMMMMMMMM

"Just because the FCC claims it has the power to preempt state laws doesn't mean that it actually does," says Hansen. "I can claim that I have the power to manifest unicorns on the Washington State Capitol lawn. But if you look outside right now, there are no unicorns."



Just like sanctuary cities, this is local government saying the feds can suck it. Interesting. Because I am pretty sure we fought the War of Northern Aggression, to prove at the cost of 600,000 lives, that the Feds rule.

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[Oregonhunter5]

Please explain net neutrality in layman's terms.

 

[mkwerx]

This should get litigated all the way to the SCOTUS, should be a big states rights battle with much further reaching implications than just the FCC and internet.

 

[RicInOR]

@Oregonhunter5
Basically the question is can you pay for performance?

Say you want High Def videos - you want high performance
If you only ever watch videos on your flip phone - then you can't get that quality - Why pay for it?

Used to be you could choose Dial-up or DSL

Now that everyone is on high speed, the question is can private companies change the performance that they see fit?

How this manifests itself:

Say Netflix with its $Billions wants to use a lot of bandwidth, can Comcast sell that to them? Net Nutrality says - suck it -the government will say. And they say NO. So your neighbor downloading all the pirated movies gets the same performance as Netflix from the provider (Comcast)


The rational seems to be don't let $$ corporations pay to get better performance.


Personally I think the "invisible hand" would sort this out. And I might just pay to watch a movie on Netflix with high performance over some other site which does not. But I choose - not some socialists.


HTH

 

[WWShooter]

So when ISPs decide they don't like gun content - no harm no foul because market power decides, and the anti-gun's are in the majority? Okay, I guess.

 

[RicInOR]

Ref Net Neutrality

In OR, and SW WA, Comcast is automatically increasing Internet Bandwidth but only if you subscribe to cable tv.

Would that violate the law?

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Comcast won't give new speed boost to Internet users who don't buy TV service

 

[NW Backpacker]

I have used the internet since the early 90s and there wasn't any "net neutrality". No one complained that they needed more government regulation because the internet worked just fine.

Companies have always provided faster connections to those who paid more - you decide when you sign up with an ISP - do you want the $29/month plan, the $39/month plan, the $49/month plan, etc depending on connection speeds.

I'm not sure what the ultimate goal is from "net neutrality", but it probably isn't good.

 

[Diamondback]

The other thing is, Net Neutrality's primary backers are the folks who live in their parents' basements and want to burn terabytes of data usage on porn downloads and zillions of MBPS bandwidth without having to pay more per month than the little old lady who's only sending a few emails, sharing pics of her grandkids and comparing notes with her fellow Redhats or book-club members.

 

[weimar_police]

whoa there - net neutrality was actually designed for the rural and inner city folks who would otherwise get screwed by city users.
It states that Comcast has to try and provide the same bandwidth as those in the suburbs to inner city (read poor folks) and rural (read screwed if big business has their way).

Sure, it allows some folks to abuse the system, but I was getting 50mbs from my verizon wireless router (my actual wired router was getting over 100mbs) suburban Philly and I now pay extra and get 20mbs. If there isn't forced fairness, then Verizon tells my local rural provider - screw off, you get a 1/3 of the bandwidth you got last year and twice the cost....

 

[Dungannon]

And here I thought RicinOR was making a pun with WA - Net Nutrality Law

 

[RicInOR]

And here I thought RicinOR was making a pun with WA - Net Nutrality Law

Occam's Razor -- Ric can't spell.