US Court Murders Net Neutrality: A Key Pillar to the Open Internet

A key pillar to the free and open internet was struck down by a US court. So where does that leave the legal status of the internet?

Network neutrality, frequently referred to as net neutrality, is a big reason why you have be

https://www.freezenet.ca/us-court-murders-net-neutrality-a-key-pillar-to-the-open-internet/

#LawAndTechnology #News #Technology #6thCircuit #NetNeutrality #NetworkNeutrality #ruling #US #USA

Potential FCC Nomination Has Plan to End Open Internet, Kill Free Speech

A seeming front runner for Trumps FCC has a plan to flat line free speech and murder the open internet among other things.

https://www.freezenet.ca/potential-fcc-nomination-has-plan-to-end-open-internet-kill-free-speech/

#Business #Censorship #News #BrendanCarr #FCC #FreeSpeech #ISP #NetworkNeutrality #platforms #Project2025 #Trump #US

FCC Moves Forward With Finally Restoring Network Neutrality

Could network neutrality finally get restored in the US? The FCC is moving a plan forward despite threats of legal action.

Network neutrality is a key pillar to a free and open internet. In essence, it prevents Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from abusing thei

https://www.freezenet.ca/fcc-moves-forward-with-finally-restoring-network-neutrality/

#Business #Technology #FCC #ISP #lawsuit #NetworkNeutrality #US #USA

"It would be nice if all #ISPs could carry voice, #videoconfencing and #gaming and web traffic with consistently #lowlatency, under load. #Bufferbloat #Networkneutrality
#LibreQoS
- it is just a software upgrade away." @mtaht

#NetNeutrality #QoE #QoS #ISP #WISP #broadband #FWA #InternetServiceProvider #FCC

"Technological solutions, like #RFC8290, exist now, to some of the #networkneutrality issues coming up again this week... Let´s deploy the tech fixes and debate the rest! #FCC" @mtaht
https://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/bufferbloat-and-network-neutrality-back-to-the-past/

#latency #jitter #NetNeutrality

FCC Moves Forward With Finally Restoring Network Neutrality

Could network neutrality finally get restored in the US? The FCC is moving a plan forward despite threats of legal action.

Network neutrality is a key pillar to a free and open internet. In essence, it prevents Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from abusing thei

https://www.freezenet.ca/fcc-moves-forward-with-finally-restoring-network-neutrality/

#Business #Technology #FCC #ISP #lawsuit #NetworkNeutrality #US #USA

Great piece from Markup looking at throttling on X / Twitter. Back in the day these intentional delays would be a #NetworkNeutrality issue but we don't have anything close for platforms. I think the term conveience, as I've heard Marc Steinberg discuss, is better in some way, and how all these platforms work my manipulating conveience and cultural expectations with computers.

Article : https://themarkup.org/investigations/2023/09/15/twitter-is-still-throttling-competitors-links-check-for-yourself

Still a good theme in my old book too: HTTPS://internetdaemons.com

#EU #Broadband #BigTelco #NetworkFees #NetworkNeutrality: "Digital rights groups are strongly against the introduction of network usage fees, for reasons that range from its inherent – and unsolvable – contradiction with net neutrality, to the detrimental impact that network fees will have on European consumers. In its contribution to the exploratory consultation, the NGO Epicenter.works reminds the Commission that network fees “simply cannot be done without infringing on net neutrality”.

The Internet Society echoes: “The introduction of a mandatory payment mechanism would be directly inconsistent and incompatible with [net neutrality] obligations, with direct harm to consumers as a result. For instance, enforcement of the new obligation would give ISPs the right to treat traffic differently, e.g., by allowing them to block, or in other ways penalize, services that do not wish to pay the ISP. In consequence, users would no longer have access to an open Internet, but would be limited to the services that have concluded an agreement to pay their ISP.”

Eventually, end users would suffer most if big telcos get their way. “Consumers will be hurt by poorer service quality and higher prices. SMEs will also face higher prices and a deteriorating service quality as network topology adapts to this artificial price regulation. The cost of innovating in Europe will increase and the resilience of the overall internet could fall below required levels to overcome a potential next crisis. Smaller ISPs currently do more for network development than incumbents, yet they will be hit particularly hard in their ability to compete,” according to Epicenter.works."

https://www.project-disco.org/european-union/network-fees-rejected-stakeholder-response-to-the-ec-consultation/