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.
So you’re all in on the ever increasing cost of internet service, then? You are pleased that getting more than 25 mbits requires an extra $30 per month and gigabit rates are well past $150?
Damn. You be you, but I’d rather not be fleeced while they also strip me of my privacy rights.
Thankfully we actually got a competitor here recently and went from $90 for 25mbits up, 5 down to $68 for 1gig up/down.
Yes, that is how bad it is in America. 3 years ago that $90 was $60, after I knocked it down from $90 by dropping my data rate and ditching their minimal cable plan that mostly had shopping channels on it and HBO Max, only viewable on my phone, and I never managed to get it to work.
Their rates consistently go up by up to 10% per year with zero improvements.
I pay like 120 for 2gbit unlimited bandwidth.
I’m jealous. I pay $155/month for two internet services: Old Faithful (10Mb/s DDL, reliable) and New Internet (up to 100Mb/s down (usually only 50Mb/s down due to trees), but flaky thanks to older wireless tech at the tower). I keep the old DSL wh3n the new wireless one flakes out. It’s better in Winter (no leaves). They have a new tower they’ve been building and finishing up for well.after a year now, which supposedly has better tech on it. Just waiting to get swit he’d over to that one…then I belive I’ll be actually getting up to 100Mb/s for $135/mo. I hate internet in America.
Net neutrality is a bandaid on a bullet wound at this point. Actually, that’s not entirely accurate, it’s more like a bandaid on a migraine.
The internet and internet access needs to be nationalized, this isn’t 1995, there’s no reason the internet should be controlled by a handful of corporations, and no amount of FCC regulation can fix the problems that causes.
Ah yes, the tired, old “perfect being the enemy of good”, so let’s just let it all go to shit since we can’t get it perfect