Let’s leave it in Neutral
Posted By Kathleen David on November 28, 2017
On December 14th 2017 five people hold your ability to do what you want and see what you want on the Internet in their hands.
Think about that. I don’t care what your political leans are, this is bad for you like really bad as in you will be paying more to do what you do now on the Internet and I am not talking nickels and dimes but dollars and as many dollars as your Internet Provider can squeeze out of you.
Think of your cable bill and how all you want it that one channel but it is part of a package of 10 channels that you end up play $30.00 more a month to watch that one channel. That system could be coming to the Internet and sooner than you would like.
A number of years ago it was declared that the Internet was a utility service like power, water, telephone, and gas. Everyone gets charged the same amount for the use of that utility and has equal access to that resource. That in a nutshell is net neutrality. You can go onto the web and go to your favorite websites without being slowed down or ‘choked’ for the data that the site uses.
If that goes away the pay to play come in and you will find that you can’t get to that cute cat website anymore or if you can it will load like molasses. Heck you might have a hard time reading my web log or Peter’s.
Love Netflix? Right now the telecom companies cannot deny you the bandwidth to watch Netflix, Hulu, Amazon or any of the streaming services. Remove net neutrality and you will find yourself paying twice for the privilege. Once to the streaming service and once to your Internet provider. So budget for double or triple what you pay now for any of those services if Net Neutrality goes away.
Do you or your children like playing Worlds of Warcraft or any other MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game)? Welcome to new fees and slower load times for your games. Again it will be pay to play. And if your provider has a stake in any game, which a number of telecoms do, that is the game that will get the easiest access to the bandwidth and your favorite game just doesn’t work anymore of some ‘mysterious’ reason (hint choking).
Tumblr and Pintrest are also platforms that take up bandwidth due to the amount of data being streamed. And Facebook is the granddaddy of that. Want to keep up with family and friends? Pay for the privilege. It doesn’t matter if your plan has unlimited data, your Internet provider wants the ability to decided how their bandwidth is being used by the consumers and that including choking or blocking things that cost them money or that they don’t like.
I won’t even go into what will happen with anyone’s p-rn collections.
So if you are reading this, it does effect you and could effect you in the pocketbook.
How can you help? Funny you should ask.
This is from a friend’s Facebook page and gives you the consumer how you can keep your net your way rather than how the telecom think you should see it.
Here’s what you can do!! (& then see below for some phone #s)
- Go to GoFCCYourself.com (The address is cute, and it bounces you directly to the FCC’s official page for this regulation.)
- Then click EXPRESS (at upper right side of page) 3. Enter your name (IMPORTANT: Must hit enter for it to register. Don’t tab or use arrow keys) and all required info. 4. Write: “I strongly support net neutrality backed by Title 2 oversight of ISPs,” plus any other message about freedom, access to information, and an informed populace as the basis of a strong democracy that you want to add.
Q: WTF IS “NET NEUTRALITY”?
A: The cheap and openly accessible Internet you have now.
Q: WHAT IS THE FCC PLANNING TO DO?
A: Turn this into cable – a handful of giant telecom corporations (ex: COMCAST) control what you get and at what speed – and you end up paying a boatload just for the privilege of using it at all.
Q: WHOSE INTEREST IS THIS IN?
A: Exactly only those companies. The FCC Chair is an ex Verizon exec. Apple, Facebook, Google, Netflix, and all of Silicon Valley oppose this.
Q: HOW CAN I STOP THIS?
A: 1. Call and e-mail the three members of the 5-person FCC planning to vote for it along party lines:
Main #: 1-888-225-5322
Chairman Pai: Ajit.Pai@fcc.gov
Commmissioner Rielly: Mike.O’Rielly@fcc.gov
Commissioner Carr: Brendan.Carr@fcc.gov
I am grateful for Net Neutrality.
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