Webhost Protests FCC's Net Neutrality Proposal By Limiting FCC Access To 28.8Kbps
from the welcome-to-the-slow-lane dept
Earlier this week, venture capitalist Brad Feld put up a good post concerning the risk of the FCC's "open internet" rules actually turning into the ability for big broadband providers to set up a "fast lane" for large companies to pay for faster access to users. He suggested was that the best way to make clear how bad an idea this would be, would be to have internet companies demo the slow lane:What if we did the same by Demoing the Slow Lane for a day. Algorithmically, all sites could slow themselves down dramatically, demonstrating what performance might look like over a 1/1 pipe. Or even a 0.5/0.5 pipe....It appears that (as many, many of you sent in), one web hosting company has adopted a somewhat modified plan based on a similar concept. Neocities has taken the FCC's IP block and rate limited any traffic from the FCC to Neocities' site down to the equivalent of a nostalgic 28.8Kbps modem (old man in me: I remember when those were considered "fast").
Let the world see “Waiting for”, “Connecting”, and “Buffering” show up in their browser continuously throughout the day. Explain what is going on. Then click a button to bypass the Slow Lane and get normal connectivity.
Instead of everyone getting tangled up in the legal question of what “net neutrality” means, consumers can see what could happen if / when ISPs can decide which companies get to use their fast lanes by paying extra and who is relegated to the slow lane.
Since the FCC seems to have no problem with this idea, I've (through correspondence) gotten access to the FCC's internal IP block, and throttled all connections from the FCC to 28.8kbps modem speeds on the Neocities.org front site, and I'm not removing it until the FCC pays us for the bandwidth they've been wasting instead of doing their jobs protecting us from the "keep America's internet slow and expensive forever" lobby.Neocities will let the FCC use a fast lane for just $1,000 per year. Neocities has also released the code it used, in case anyone else would like to do the same thing.
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Though they could charge a higher price for added impact.
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You just stated what all of us knew already - and the FCC hasn't figured out quite yet.
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It's already this way just not as bad as it could get with the restraints removed.
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Then do share with us all the better idea.
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netflix,google,wikipedia,amz,apple, etc.
We all know the Gov is full of money taking assbags so why not do to them what they would do to us.
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Heck, that could be a good way for those that don't like these organizations to protest their monopoly on laws. Slow down their web services to them.
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Apply the same to ALL government websites
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Hopefully more ISP's will follow suit, targeting the FCC and other government groups/agencies as well, really let them get a taste of what the public is so 'worked up' over.
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Call it the Netflix throttle rate charge, make sure they know to thank the paid for FCC Chairman (aka Communications Industry pawn) and his stance on the Commcast / Netflix decision.
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Show Comcast et. al. the Slow Lane, All Right!
I'm sure ComCrash and others will appreciate being on the receiving end of their own ideas.
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uncool story
It's a protest by mis-information, which is less intelligent than the FCC proposal.
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The rules don't have a slow lane, but do enable a fast lane. And once you do that you've created a slow lane too. Slowing things down is a very basic way of showing the inevitable impact of having a fast lane.
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The point of this, I think, is that 20 years ago 28.8k was the "current standard", and if this scheme had been implemented back then, that's what the "slow lane" would still be. It's not so much showing what the merely annoying immediate effects of this policy will be, but what the utterly catastrophic effects will be after a couple decades.
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Also, nobody is promising that the "current standard" won't be degraded. The major ISPs have already proven, time and time again, that they will gladly harm the "current standard".
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Really? Do you have an actual example of that? You know, what that doesn't involve a sudden influx of traffic from a bandwidth hog service or P2P?
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The end user paid for the bandwidth. The ISP don't have to provide more bandwidth than their users already paid for, no matter if the source is netflix or wikipedia.
You basically arguing, that netflix should pay more, because netflix users use their full bandwidth, while wikipedia users use only a fraction.
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http://www.infoworld.com/t/net-neutrality/level-3-accuses-comcast-other-isps-of-deliberately- harming-broadband-service-241999
Level 3 calls out Comcast, TWC and others for ‘deliberately harming’ their own broadband
http://bgr.com/2014/05/06/comcast-internet-service-criticism-twc-cablevision-level-3/
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If it wasn't for misinformation, the nitwits here would never be able to make a point.
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if Wheeler cant/wont see how big a mistake it's going to be to carry out his plan, ignoring everything else from everywhere else telling him what the outcome is going to be, he must be receiving a hell of a thrumpence to do so!!
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By CGP Grey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtt2aSV8wdw
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:P
I think this is a fantastic idea. Just as websites did with SOPA, all of them should unite and show government just how ridiculous their regulation can be, if passed.
Some people need a visual stimulant to see the bigger picture.
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FCC was supposed to ONLY regulate Power and Frequency!!!
This net neutrality crap has allowed them to jump into your shielded cat5 cables.
All this is mission creep is by the fascists running the FCC.
They tore up the original FCC mission statement. No longer do they hire their engineers to regulate the spectrum (Power and Frequency) in the public interest.
They vaguely said the broadcast stations would put their PUBLIC FILE online, but where is it? All this time and since they left it vague, it NEVER HAPPENED. At best the sheeple can set up an appointment with the stations PUBLIC FILE.
otherwise all these fascist stations would have long since had their frequency allocation's and station id's yanked by the complaints in their PUBLIC FILE[s].
The MSM is now the ministry of propaganda for the FASCIST POTUS, and the fcc is the sheriff of huddersfield. (find the iron maiden song to comprehend)
Look the FCC I Can understand needs to regulate power and frequency, but they can't even do that right, they're now completely sold out to the corporations interests over the public interest as per their original mission statement.
In short, the spectrum was supposed to be managed in the public interest and SAFETY (yes too much power in your face causes damage to you) and instead what we have is 96% public spectrum being controlled by Corporate Interests (3% freqs for .gov / .mil, right right..)
Maybe 1% public access and amateur bands. Which they most certainly hate the existing thereof.
Look, I just do crap with soldering guns and chips and code, I am just the messenger, I had nice tv show (what I wanted to really do), and POOF it's gone now with the NDAA 2012 Cause ya never know when you might interview someone who is the next al cia duh and then your tied to them and disappeared (even if the whole thing is entirely retarded beyond comprehension)
There's nothing left of this country unless your positioned now.
Only the militia, and a few hunkered down still has BALLS. But that day will come when you have no more choice but to fight!
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Wider "Buzz" than usual
Same for the Amazon patent on photographic lighting!
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Net Neutrality is not the Answer
Regulations always benefit the bigger corporations as they limit the ability for small startups and force larger investment. The same is true of net neutrality (as proven already by the case of MetroPCS).
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