Well, after 8 hard-fought years to get a piece of paper that no one was enforcing (Net Neutrality), we are now going to throw away that piece of paper because someone in the future might enforce it. At least this way it buys them 8 more years....
If Wheeler was a baby-eating dingo, what exactly would that make Eisenach?
THANK YOU for a calm and reasoned argument on this topic. I work in this industry (primary sales, not secondary) and am happy that I now have an excellent article to point people back to in order to explain the problem sans vitriol and emotion.
(How they phrase it) Q: Comcast has 1TB data cap and $10 surcharge per 50GB. It exempts all NBCUniversal and Xfinity features from this cap. Is this legal? A: Yes, in the US.
(How it should be phrased) Q: Comcast has a 1 MEGABYTE cap and a $10.00 surcharge per GB. It exempts all NBCUniversal and Xfinity features from this cap. For a $20 up-charge, all Facebook and CBS content is exempt. For a $10 upcharge, all gaming traffic is exempt. Is this legal? A: THIS IS STILL LEGAL ACCORDING TO THE FCC....
All laws should really go through this filter... Cable is dying... ISPs are going to turn internet connection into cable packages with this kind of BS if we aren't careful...
... each day I wish that we could get to a point the FCC mandates this... oh well... I better cut this reply short before i use more of my precious bandwidth.... every bit counts!
I'm actually going to go with the officer on this one... that is a REALLY tiny statute to overlook considering the amount of rules that need to be enforced.
When I remember things like rules of the road, I don't memorize the actual law as it is written, I memorize the gist... Right on red, stop at a red light, turn left when its safe... etc.
Given police are people as well, I'm sure they do the same things to laws.
While these may not be officially sanctioned backdoors by companies, they have the same effect... Yet another reason we don't need to willfully undermine security... There is no such thing as a safe backdoor (exploits included).
What I don't understand is, if YouTube is not valuable to them, then they have the choice to not put their music on YouTube. ContentID gives them the freedom to restrict OTHERS from doing the same with their content... So how can you yell "This service is not making me enough money! Its not even worth it to have our content on here!" and yet simultaneously still keep your music on it.... If they want better terms, start their own site and pay others what they think is an appropriate rate... but that takes work, so nahhhhh.....
The only candidate willing to take a stand against these types of government overreach is Gary Johnson... (Destruction of 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th amendments and so forth) The other two candidates will only keep ratcheting until the constitution is a thing of the past...
Why do you want to turn us into Russia? They have already created these laws in the ham-fisted way you are proposing (just ban it and figure it out later).
Just wait and see how well it works out for Russia and its tech sector. I swear, you guys won't be happy until every civilian has to have a body cam strapped to them at all times and it is a felony to turn it off even in the most intimate and private of settings...because... children!
You never have had a full picture of every bad thing a person does... why do you think you are entitled to it now?
Why do you want to turn us into Russia? They have already created these laws in the ham-fisted way you are proposing (just ban it and figure it out later).
Just wait and see how well it works out for Russia and its tech sector. I swear, you guys won't be happy until every civilian has to have a body cam strapped to them at all times and it is a felony to turn it off even in the most intimate and private of settings...because... children!
You never have had a full picture of every bad thing a person does... why do you think you are entitled to it now?
Verizon's Reality: The price per GB is lower, across the board. The price went from $30 to $17.50 per GB on the S size plan and from $5.56 to $4.58 on XXL.
Actual Reality: Comcast has a 1TB cap for $70... or $0.07 a GB.... or if you consider their 300GB cap... that would be $0.23...
A 20-60x premium on data for the same backhaul infrastructure seems a little bit like fleecing any way you look at it... though slighty better than the $0.10 for 3kb they used to charge for a text message...
Is this particular court case on RECAP? Would be interesting to know if that would catch it. May be able to do some interesting DB sleuthing (comparing RECAP to PACER for discrepancies).
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Just wait them out...
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What is worse than a Dingo?
If Wheeler was a baby-eating dingo, what exactly would that make Eisenach?
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Great Article -- Common Sense
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Reductio ad Absurdum
Q: Comcast has 1TB data cap and $10 surcharge per 50GB. It exempts all NBCUniversal and Xfinity features from this cap. Is this legal?
A: Yes, in the US.
(How it should be phrased)
Q: Comcast has a 1 MEGABYTE cap and a $10.00 surcharge per GB. It exempts all NBCUniversal and Xfinity features from this cap. For a $20 up-charge, all Facebook and CBS content is exempt. For a $10 upcharge, all gaming traffic is exempt. Is this legal?
A: THIS IS STILL LEGAL ACCORDING TO THE FCC....
All laws should really go through this filter... Cable is dying... ISPs are going to turn internet connection into cable packages with this kind of BS if we aren't careful...
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Local Loop Unbundling
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Nuanced Nuances of Nuance
When I remember things like rules of the road, I don't memorize the actual law as it is written, I memorize the gist... Right on red, stop at a red light, turn left when its safe... etc.
Given police are people as well, I'm sure they do the same things to laws.
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Brexit not such a bad idea...
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Yet another backdoor backfiring...
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Complaining about a Choice...
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It worked so well for Russia...
Why do you want to turn us into Russia? They have already created these laws in the ham-fisted way you are proposing (just ban it and figure it out later).
Just wait and see how well it works out for Russia and its tech sector. I swear, you guys won't be happy until every civilian has to have a body cam strapped to them at all times and it is a felony to turn it off even in the most intimate and private of settings...because... children!
You never have had a full picture of every bad thing a person does... why do you think you are entitled to it now?
Sincerely,
All Tech Professionals
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It worked so well for Russia...
Why do you want to turn us into Russia? They have already created these laws in the ham-fisted way you are proposing (just ban it and figure it out later).
Just wait and see how well it works out for Russia and its tech sector. I swear, you guys won't be happy until every civilian has to have a body cam strapped to them at all times and it is a felony to turn it off even in the most intimate and private of settings...because... children!
You never have had a full picture of every bad thing a person does... why do you think you are entitled to it now?
Sincerely,
All Tech Professionals
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Actual Reality: Comcast has a 1TB cap for $70... or $0.07 a GB.... or if you consider their 300GB cap... that would be $0.23...
A 20-60x premium on data for the same backhaul infrastructure seems a little bit like fleecing any way you look at it... though slighty better than the $0.10 for 3kb they used to charge for a text message...
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Internet Archive to the rescue!
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