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Fwd: Why Ajit Pai is right
From: "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 20:14:08 +0000
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: DV Henkel-Wallace <gumby () henkel-wallace org> Date: Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 1:10 PM Subject: Why Ajit Pai is right To: David Farber <dave () farber net> This is a good and thoughtful essay about the shift of Internet regulation from FCC to FTC. I think Thompson is quite naive about the dangers of Zero Rating (and its example in the US with T-Mobile and Youtube), but this is worth a read. https://stratechery.com/2017/why-ajit-pai-is-right/ "Last week Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai circulated a draft order <https://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-pai-proposes-restore-internet-freedom> that would undo the 2015 reclassification of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) <https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-releases-open-internet-order> from what are known as “Title I information services” to “Title II telecommunication providers”; Title II of the Telecommunications Act, originally developed to regulate the AT&T monopoly, gives the FCC broad ability to regulate “common carriers” as utilities. Title I, on the other hand, hands off regulatory oversight to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). "The net effect of this reclassification would be the elimination of FCC rules restricting the ability of ISPs to block or throttle sites or apps or offer paid prioritization of any Internet content. That is certainly a worthy goal! Who could possibly be in favor of ISPs picking-and-choosing what sites you can visit based on what you are willing to pay? Do we really want to be like Portugal? "There’s just one problem with the tweet I embedded above: Portugal uses Euros, and the language is Portuguese; the tweet above has dollars and English. The image is completely made-up." ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/18849915-ae8fa580 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-aa268125 Unsubscribe Now: https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-32545cb4&post_id=20171128151426:B9775CF0-D478-11E7-BCF3-80F3C7923EB0 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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