The Federal Communications Commission has voted to move forward with a plan to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections. The rules could be re-established as soon as next spring, but the FCC's effort could face legal challenges.

The Federal Communications Commission has voted to move forward with a plan to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections. The rules could be re-established as soon as next spring, but the FCC’s effort could face legal challenges.

  • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
    631·
    1 year ago

    "On the other hand, critics say that net neutrality rules are unnecessary. “Since the FCC’s 2017 decision to return the Internet to the same successful and bipartisan regulatory framework under which it thrived for decades, broadband speeds in the U.S. have increased, prices are down, competition has intensified, and record-breaking new broadband builds have brought millions of Americans across the digital divide,” Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the FCC, said in a statement. “The Internet is not broken and the FCC does not need Title II to fix it. I would encourage the agency to reverse course and focus on the important issues that Congress has authorized the FCC to advance.”

    Lol if prices are down, why does my bill keep arbitrarily increasing? And I’m pretty sure more companies are consolidating (Spectrum acquired Charter not long ago), so competition my ass.

    Edit: turns out Charter rebranded as Spectrum, my bad

    • spider@lemmy.nz
      20·
      1 year ago

      (Spectrum acquired Charter not long ago)

      Spectrum is actually Charter’s trade name; they acquired Bright House and Time Warner not long ago.

    • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 year ago

      You’re not wrong though. Mine just went up $15/month with CenturyLink’s rebrand as Quantum. That’s with me on their best service, month-to-month fiber.