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The FCC voted to get rid of Net Neutrality, the votes were cast and it was 2-3. We have lost the battle.
Thank you Jessica Rosenworcel.
Thank you Mignon Clyburn.
Now I'm not American, I'm British but this still draws a lot of concern for me. The British and the Americans have a close relationship as Allies, I can expect my country to somewhat stay close to America.
Do not think this is the end, a lot of people are doomsaying right now and it's not accurate.
You have 3 sections of government to go through to get this stomped out from being repealed. You have the Senate, which was what was voted on today, you have the courts, and the congressmen to go through as well.
The court system is next, which is supreme court, and this could take months/years to go through, then you have Congress to vote and put laws into action or repeal laws such as the one being represented to Congress to keep Net Neutrality in all it's glory.
Just because the FCC voted on this and won this battle, the war overall is far from over, December 14th is basically the start of an uphill battle for the FCC, albeit they won the first vote, but that doesn't mean they will win the courts/congress approval. This car ain't outta gas yet! Keep fighting the good fight. P.S The Repeal of Net Neutrality has to be registered through the government which by itself there is tons of paperwork and a lot of time for us to convince our congress and justices representing the courts to rule against this. - Not my own words a reddit user called kanomas I suck at words.
Now I watched this entire thing from start to finish https://www.pscp.tv/w/1rmGPOOjnebKN It's the FCC public vote.
Clyburn 04:40
Rosenworcel 48:50
Both passionate and powerful speeches, now I would take what Ajit Pai said at 25:50 as insulting and unprofessional.
Now I could go on about how lots of congressmen received donations from ISPs or how Pai has a punchable face. All I ask is that you watch that vote today, take an hour and a half or so of your time with an open mind. Pretend you don't have a view and look at who is standing for what.
I don't know much about American legal system, or my own legal system. I'm not a smart man, but I believe I can judge who has my best interests at heart. Those two, Clyburn and Rosenworcel, I believe have your best interests at heart.
https://www.battleforthenet.com/
Rally up, it isn't over yet.
reider10
I really don’t need America is too far away from storming the capital and dragging people out, this could be a start
GlazedHamRiot
MiaMagikarp
Please don't give up fighting for internet freedom in States, pester your representatives 'til you're free again. If you lose - we all lose.
Cr0ssley
We have lost the battle ... But we have yet to lose the war
kbrits
I'm from South Africa...From my side I BEG of you not to give up...Fights not over yet! You got worldwide support!
Cptnlnsan0
So if Net Neutrality is destroyed, will Americans be signing on to International servers?
WhoShotMeInTheHead
ChammyChanga
The s in stop stands for stop
EngineerZero
They said trump wasn’t going to be elected either, but here we are
Cutlass0516
Thanks Dave Grohl!
flamingflamingo
The Senate didn't vote today. The FCC commission did. It was only five people.
flamingflamingo
Also "congress" is the Senate and the house of representatives. But I'm not sure if this vote has the same process as a bill.
chiefs86
It does not have the same process. This is enacted in 60 days, boom, done. Unless Congress decides it doesn't want it to go thru.
BeenthereDonesome
I love the big truck analogy. Trucks pay more to use the roads. Porn and Netflix are the big trucking companies of the internet.
CorruptedAI
And guess who they pass that inflated cost on to? This is while you also get to pay Verizon for your streaming media package.
BeenthereDonesome
Wow.. it's almost like, paying taxes.
CakeTastesLikePain
If you want to pay more money to your current providers while they can limit the content you see go ahead, pay more for less.
TheHorseShesElbowDeepIn
Has anything happened yet to reverse this?
indrada3290609
The order on that stop sign is wrong, it should be sotp
TheMightyCock
Good catch, prime example of SOTPing right there
CakeTastesLikePain
That does make a more logical sense of order.
randelung
Also STOP wouldn't be an acronym for itself.
ChuckWeiss
GNU's Not Unix!
lasermanso
What can a maple leaf like me can do to help you people ? US Net is world net !
Sm9yCg
Dude, Trump made sure the court is republican, and congress? Are you fucking kidding me?
321Cheers
Ajit was the fall guy for the FCC. Who will be the next target in Congress that the pro net neutrality mob attacks? It's what they do best.
CakeTastesLikePain
Honestly there are a lot of people I think, I can go have a look for that list I mentioned of people taking donations from ISPs, if you want
isildur
Oh FFS, he's not a fall guy. He wasn't the only one, but he enthusiastically championed killing NN &led the charge. How does that=fall guy?
flamingflamingo
"The pro net neutrality mob".
kirannm
I think folks forget that from the early 90’s till about 2010 net neutrality did not exist.
trex0530
Correct, although it was only 2 years ago that NN was implemented (2015).
kirannm
Thank you for the correction.
kirannm
The U.S. had one of it’s greatest expansion of wealth due to a true free market. Net neutrality was implemented, and cronyism took over.
AvacadoGatos
Throw the internet in the harbor
Sm9yCg
The Rest of the World[tm] had no reason to cut the US of A out of the global network. Until now.
CakeTastesLikePain
Like we did many years ago we should ship a certain individual to the loveless land Australia.
Malikhi
If only we could stand to live without the internet for a few months, we could make a huge impact by cancelling our plans in protest.
Theonlypersoniknow
I'm already planing on it.
StrangerRangerDanger
How will know when the protest is over? I dont own a tv or radio....i get all that through the internet
blwhiten
This needs to happen. Public internet will still be an option plus most everyone has data plans anyways.
JeIIy
Man you guys are right, the free market is a nightmare! HOW COULD WE SURVIVE WITH COMPETITION IN OUR MARKET
Yourebothwrong
The all caps argument
r0b0c0rp
That's the problem; there is no competition in ISPs.
thanatos777
The strategy of talking to Congress about it is fucking stupid. Congress isn't going to do shit about it as long as Paul Ryan and Mitch 1/?
thanatos777
McConnell are in charge; if you want to overturn net neutrality, you need to punish Verizon for it. They have retail locations that can 2/?
thanatos777
be picketed, their customers can switch away from their products, they have to actually care what the public thinks about them, and Ajit 3/?
thanatos777
Pai will actually listen to them (unlike Congress). If you want Net Neutrality, punish Verizon. 4/4