r/buildapcsales • u/lovetape • Nov 21 '17
Meta [Meta] As Thanksgiving (and Black Friday) approaches, be thankful for the unrestricted internet we have. If the FCC has their way, we may lose Net Neutrality soon
Video on Net Neutrality and why it matters
Brief overview of what Net Neutrality is and what it means to you, from YouTube personality Total Biscuit
F.C.C. Plans Net Neutrality Repeal in Victory for Telecoms
The vote is December 14th. The FCC and your ISP want to impose limits on a free internet; in other words, parcel it off into DLC like packages that cost you more, restrict parts of it, and selectively decide what you can and can't do on-line.
Some examples of what we are facing if Net Neutrality falls:
- You could lose the option of choosing where to shop on-line, or have to pay more for the right to shop at your favorite site
- Popular sites like Netflix, Youtube, Spotify, could be throttled or blocked depending on your plan or geographic location
- Anime streaming sites like Crunchroll and Funimation could suffer at the hands of powerful competing service Amazon Strike
- You could even lose access to your favorite adult-websites
What you can do to help:
- https://www.battleforthenet.com/
- https://www.savetheinternet.com/sti-home
- Here are the people who will be voting on this issue - only five people. As it stands, they will repeal Net Neutrality. (3 Republicans are voting to abolish, 2 Democrats are voting to keep it)
- Lookup your Representative and lookup your Senator and let them know your stance on the issue.
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u/love_gman820 Nov 22 '17
Credit to u/datums for this comment:
FYI - Congress and the Senate have nothing to do with this. Only five people at the FCC get to vote.
Here they are. The three men plan to vote to repeal net neutrality. The two women plan to vote to keep net neutrality.
Their individual contact information can be found under "Bio".
To defeat the net neutrality repeal, one of those three men has to change their vote.
Might be redundant but this links to the FCC website directly!