FCC votes in favor for rules that reduce 'digital discrimination' for communities with poor internet access
FCC votes in favor for rules that reduce 'digital discrimination' for communities with poor internet access
The Federal Communications Commission is implementing new rules banning internet providers from discrimination in how they provide service to communities based on income level, race and other protected classes
While I heard about this coming to a vote a few days ago, the FCC has voted in favor for the rules today.
This is huge. The digital divide is still very real. We forgot about it because richer areas got gigabit, and brought the average up, but poor areas haven't improved much since dial up.
This is the best thing to happen to for internet, since the fediverse. or since hd video was made available for free streaming uncapped particularly by YouTube
and now more people can experience this. I consider this a win for all. Internet prices will go down. Did we lose anything from this proposal? I don't think so. but time will tell as of course the rules had only just now passed.
The only loss is they should have clawed back the money the ISPs stole in the 00's, but I'm still happy with this outcome.
very true, i'm supportive of poorer areas getting internet service myself. The point of the internet was to be a free resource, supported by donations when it was invented. Google deserves to lose it's control that it's had and token advantage of for the last 8-7 years they have no right to have as much control. Same with ISPs, just because they so happen to own the pipes we use and with little competition.
Won’t somebody think of the local monopolies that blocked municipal WiFi and made gentleman’s agreements to not enter each other’s territory?!?
How much money are these companies sitting on, and yet they are still capping peoples wifi down to 1tb, which is a good amount acually but nothings changed for years in many areas regarding data caps, unless you have more money or happen to be in a good u.s state with competition for internet, like Ohio.
Cue predictable whining from telcos who no longer have a patsy installed in the FCC. Have a heaping helping of "obey the regulations," followed by a hot steaming cup of my piss.
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Thanks for contributing, friend.
Good. Easy access to information should be accessible for everyone.
Let's be real here, this will just result in the regions with good access being getting a reduced service rather than regions with bad access getting better service. That is the cheaper and more viable way to equalise the field after all.
Differences in service quality tend to have causes outside of a providers control. So "anti-discrimination" laws usually just punish the well-off