{"id":133662,"date":"2017-06-12T13:02:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T19:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/12\/the-fog-of-net-neutrality.html"},"modified":"2017-06-12T13:02:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T19:02:16","slug":"the-fog-of-net-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/12\/the-fog-of-net-neutrality.html","title":{"rendered":"The Fog of Net Neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"

I keep trying to figure out if the opponents of Net Neutrality are simply misinformed as to what it's about, or are intentionally claiming it to be something it is not. <\/p>\n

Net Neutrality is, simply, the rule that like content will not be discriminated against (e.g., by throttling its speed) by an internet provider. It doesn't have anything to do with prioritizing porn over medical devices, or the government discouraging ISPs from offering faster broadband to its customers, or increasing the internal speed of its services. <\/p>\n

It means that while Netflix can buy much bigger pipes out onto the Internet than I can, if I'm building my own steaming service Comcast can't say, "Well, Netflix has paid us more money, so we're going to throttle down your streaming service going to our customers until you pay us more money, too." Or, worse, "Sorry, Netflix, we've decided to start streaming our own content, too, and our stuff will go to our customers at a much higher speed and quality than your stuff will."<\/p>\n

As ISPs buy up media companies (and vice versa), this becomes a bigger and bigger potential issue. Politicians in Congress and the FCC who mistate this are, at best, showing their ignorance, and at worst, showing whose interests they are actually representing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I keep trying to figure out if the opponents of Net Neutrality are simply misinformed as to what it's about, or are intentionally claiming it to be something it is not. Net Neutrality is, simply, the rule that like content will not be discriminated against (e.g., by throttling its speed) by an internet provider. 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