Nash42@programming.devtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Statement: the FCC should ignore the inevitable flood of telecom industry astroturf and move full steam ahead with restoring net neutrality.English
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1 year agoCan the FCC be influenced by donations from private interests? Is there any sway congress can impose upon the FCC?
Wonderful input, thank you. As far as I’m aware, because we haven’t had NN, the downside we’ve seen is ISPs counting data usage for streaming, e.g., Netflix toward a user’s monthly data usage, whereas they wouldn’t count data usage count if the user was streaming from the ISP’s own streaming service.
This leads me to believe Netflix, Disney, and the swath of companies who provide streaming services, but not their own ISP, may be, indeed, a proponent of NN.
I can see how, with the combination of ISPs losing money due to implementing that patchwork of “Internet laws”, and other non-ISP-providing streaming service companies losing money to a lack of NN, we may see NN codified into law. But, to get there, things have to get worse first, no?