On January 20th, the day of Joe Biden’s Presidential Inauguration, Ajit Pai stepped down from his role as Chair of the Federal Communications Commission. Pai’s departure came well before the end of his current term, which was scheduled to finish in June of 2021. Democratic commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel has been appointed as acting chair for the moment as the Commission faces down a number of daunting issues that will play out during the Biden presidency.
The FCC is about to undergo a huge shift that could drastically affect the internet
Oh yes! We are now saved from the evils of service providers that were unencumbered by strict regulations and provided us with…lower prices.
The article mentions AT&T-DirecTV and T-Mobile which happen to be two companies we use and we have been abused so much by them! Allow me to share our ordeal.
I started my broadband experience under Obama’s Net Neutrality with AT&T and a 30 Mbps account but after those evl Republicans ended it, this is my speed just now.
My speed quadrupled! And guess what? I am still paying the same amount I did initially but getting more bang for my buck.
DirecTV. Since Mom died, we eliminated some channels she watched, so we are paying a bit less, but for all intents and purposes, we are paying almost the same for almost a decade and we have gotten some new channels in the mix.
T-Mobile? Those evil greedy bastards have us paying for $70 for 2 unlimited accounts! How dare them give us much more for less money!
So I fear that an FCC under the Biden Democrat administration is going to screw competition big time and we are going to end with less services and crappy service because “equality” and even restrictions depending on how you are electorally registered.
Hat Tip Be Low
Fairness doctrine will return but of course only be enforced in a single direction.
This time it will extend to ISPs as well.
“Sorry, AT&T customer number 196187. We regret to inform you that more than 50% of your internet traffic has been to white supremacist sites such as Newsmax, oann, and your local Sinclair Broadcast station. All traffic will be rerouted to more moderate sites like MSNBC, DailyKos, and NPR until a more balanced, fair mix has been achieved.
Continued violations of the fairness policy may result in your account being permanently canceled and your name added to the national insurrectionist registry. “
The Dems were always screaming about “net neutrality” and how desperately we need it. As you prove, service has gotten better, speeds have gone up, and more people have high speed internet.
All you need to know about Net Neutrality is that Big Tech wants it. Heck, they probably wrote most of it, in a true cronyism deal like most of the Obama years. It keeps startup companies from eating their lunch and reduces competition.
Just think, if we’d have had “Net Neutrality” in the ’90s we’d have the worlds fastest dial-up internet.
My speeds didn’t go up when Net Neutrality ended, but my bills got cut in half.
ISPs in my area are now charging data caps. Ahh back to the good o’l days of buying minutes to use your dial up.
You also cannot compare 2012 internet or tech to 2021 internet or tech. Costs were going down and service speed and device power were going to get bettee no matter what