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*whispers* we dem boyz
Do…online companies not realize that repealing the FCC will affect them too? Sure, they’ll have to pay more to get faster internet access, but at the same time, we the consumers will be paying more, so if the ISPs went “online shopping is $15 extra! :’D” a lot of consumers will go “oh will you look at the time I have to make a run to Walmart to buy that item that I could have bought off of amazon” because physically going to Walmart will be cheaper than amazon.
And like. The same applies for eBay. And Shutterfly. And every online online store. They’ll suffer huge losses…
…Just so our ISPs could strangle $15 a month extra out of us.
And online gaming y’all. Everyone is gonna go for the “play offline” games. Steam and Origin will take huge hits.
….So why aren’t the CEOs opposing this? The ISPs are gonna screw everyone over if net neutrality dies, including them. Money from their end isn’t gonna solve this. They need to step it up.
And like, technology too. Whos going to buy the latest tablet or phone if they cant play online games or access the internet?
What makes a smartphone more useful than a flip phone in that case? An ipad or galaxy tab will be completely useless without the internet. Electronic stores that specialize in computers and tablets and phones will lose out too.
Pretty sure no big company actually thought this through.
last i checked, a lot of companies like netflix DID oppose this, but i haven’t heard from them in a while
Last time a lot of companies did a day of protest where they turned off their sites to spread awareness, or had a banner, or something.
This time everyone is strangely quiet…
Judge: …Lesbians? In MY courtroom?!
Andrews: It’s more likely than you think.
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Once more for old time’s sake
🔥 With your help, we passed Title II net neutrality protections. Now we need to defend it.🔥
On December 14 the FCC will vote on Commissioner Pai’s plan to repeal Title II rules. This week he tried to justify that decision with a “myth busting” explainer where he makes a lot of sweeping claims he doesn’t think you’ll fact check.
So let’s go through his big points:
❌ Mr. Pai claims ISPs won’t block access or throttle content
These are the real facts. Before Title II, the internet was so “free and open” that…
- Comcast blocked P2P file sharing services (EFF).
- AT&T blocked Skype from iPhones (Fortune) and, later, wanted FaceTime users to pay for a more expensive plan (Freepress).
- MetroPCS blocked all streaming video except YouTube (Wired).
In today’s media market where the same huge companies make and deliver content, Commissioner Pai wants us to trust that corporations won’t use their dominance to bury competitive content or services.
❌ Mr. Pai claims Title II keeps ISPs from building new networks
Here’s another claim Commissioner Pai doesn’t want you to fact check, but:
- AT&T’s own CEO told investors that the company would deploy more fiber optic networks in 2016 than 2015 when the FCC passed Title II protections (Investor call transcript).
- Charter’s CEO said “Title II, it didn’t really hurt us; it hasn’t hurt us” (Ars Technica).
- And Comcast actually increased investment in their network by 10% in Q1 of this year (Ars).
❌ Mr. Pai claims repealing Title II won’t hurt competition
As we mentioned above, ISPs tried to interfere with the services their customers could access and courts had to step in to stop them.
The FCC tried to craft net neutrality rules in 2010 called the Open Internet Order but the ISPs sued and won. The courts told the FCC that the only way to guarantee a free and open internet was using their Title II authority. Without those protections, any of these things would be legal:
- Your ISP launches a streaming video service and starts throttling other streaming services until they’re unusable.
- Your phone company cuts a deal with a popular music streaming service so it doesn’t count towards your data cap but lowers your overall data limit. If a better service comes along (or your favorite artist releases new tracks somewhere else) you can’t use it without incurring huge data fees.
- A billionaire buys your ISP and blocks access to news sites that challenge their ideology.
Repealing Title II would be like letting a car company own the roads and banning a competitor from the highways.
❌ Mr. Pai claims there won’t be fast lanes and slow lanes
Let’s break this down: We won’t have fast lanes and slow lanes, we’ll have “priority access” and…non-priority access? Well gosh.
🚨 Please help us protect Title II one more time! 🚨
This week we co-signed a letter with more than 300 other companies—businesses Mr. Pai gleefully ignores—urging the FCC to retain the Title II internet protections. Now we need you.
Go to 👉 Battle For The Net 👈 to start a call with your representatives in Congress. Tell them to publicly support Title II protections.
The FCC votes on December 14.
We’re only powerful when we work together.
Oh, also: that post about automatically unfollowing the #net neutrality tag—it’s not true. It’s really not. That’s not who we are. Whatever happened, we haven’t been able to reproduce it. We tried. A lot.
But if it were true—which it’s not, we feel compelled to say again—THAT’S EXACTLY WHY YOU SHOULD CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES and demand a free, open, and neutral internet.
We can do this one more time, guys! ❤️
i’ve been needing to draw some ace attorney stuff for a while >:U I had to do matching drawings tho!
Some Pocket Camp comics I made between being addicted to Pocket Camp and stuffing my face
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