Net Neutrality Ends in April 23 - Opponents of the FCC's order are planning to fight back in court.

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Net Neutrality Ends in April, Unless Congress Acts
https://www.pcmag.com/news/359405/net-neutrality-ends-in-april-unless-congress-acts

Opponents of the FCC's order are planning to fight back in court. Democrats are also trying to reverse the repeal in Congress.

The FCC has set a date for when its net neutrality repeal goes into effect: April 23.

While the agency voted 3-2 to end the Obama-era protections on net neutrality in December, these things don't actually become official until they are published in the Federal Register. That happened today, and barring any intervention from Congress, net neutrality rules are kaput in two months.

Opponents of the FCC's vote have vowed to fight back—and now they can. Publication in the Federal Register also opens the door for the public to sue. And Mozilla, video-sharing site Vimeo, and a coalition of 23 attorney generals led by New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman did just that on Thursday.

"The FCC may have made its illegal rollback of #netneutrality official but this fight is just getting started," Schneiderman tweeted.

Federal rules give Congress a 60-day window to pass a resolution reversing the FCC's vote. Democratic senators, including Chuck Schumer and Ed Markey, are trying to drum up support for a bill that would do just that.

The Democrats have so far secured 50 votes in the Senate, and need one more. However, passing the bill won't be easy in the House, where Republicans control a larger majority.

Time will tell if any of these efforts pay off. Republicans have argued that the net neutrality rules stifle innovation. Supporters say they're necessary to keep ISPs in check.

"This misguided decision awoke a sleeping giant —the American public— and we won't stop making a ruckus until internet openness is the law of the land," tweeted Democratic FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, who dissented in December's vote.
 
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The one problem that no one mentions is that this doesn't affect just consumers but also work places. There are places that are just about only online. Not only that but everytime someone who is against Net Neutrality always say the same thing. "Switch your ISP! Just don't use the internet!"
I use the internet for my job 24/7 pretty much, and saying "Switch your ISP" is like saying "If you don't like what they're serving at this burger joint, then go to another one nearby" when the only burger joint is the one you don't like. There are cities that outright only have on ISP.
Oh and you know, the fact that the new bill states that ISPs can't make their own rules is another big reason why people don't like this.
 
I don't see a happy solution, with or without net neutrality. No, I don't trust the government to not kill off access to sites based on political affiliation (see how the IRS treated certain political groups) - on the other hand, I don't trust the ISPs to not kill off access to sites based on political affiliation either. If you need an example of a tech company going gung-ho for political correctness, please see the Google fiasco revolving around James Damore.

This article reminded me of ViHart's "explanation," which lacks the point I discussed above. Instead, she focuses on the inane idea that ISPs would throttle speeds on sites like Netfilix - who gives a shit about larger companies like Netflix? They can buy their way out of it, and they're probably already financially connected to ISPs.
 
The problem is there are already freedom of speech problems on the net. Look at major social media sites favoring progtards and turning a blind eye when they do the same as the nasty evil conservatives or centrists. The last thing we want is for them to have more power.

The only good thing is that basically the entirety of the America populace supports this and individual states will force their own regs. It's also nice if it gets to court since discovery would force all the shady shit that the faggot Pai did on the public comment on it.
 
What happened here? Pai went under investigation yet the FCC still continued without him, even going so far to put a 'doomsday' date? What the fuck?
 
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