Comments on: New Net neutrality bill frowns on ISP 'favoritism'

Rep. Edward Markey's latest proposal aims to "enshrine" antidiscrimination principles in federal law but does not prescribe outright rules or penalties this time around.

[ordaj]

Forget it

As we've seen, the telecos own our politicians and will get their way. Hell, they just got retroactive immunity for breaking the law.

[ralfthedog]

If ATT blocked or degraded calls to the local cable company...

If ATT blocked or degraded calls to the local cable company, That would be wrong. If ATT were payed by Joe's Plumbing to limit the number of calls that Three Men and a Wrench were allowed to receive, that would be wrong. If ATT were to say, you can only talk about the weather, not marmots, that would be wrong.

Internet Service Providers are wanting to do these things. If it is wrong for phone service, it is wrong for internet service.

All Phone service must be treated the same (With the exception of charges for long distance calls). The Internet witch is far more important than voice service should have the same if not better protection.

[John Lak]

So Right. Thanks! Keep Up the Good Fight

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[Geminate]

It is legal...

It is legal to run an ISP this way, but it must be clearly said/stated BEFORE taking on a new user/customer what types of internet usage may be blocked or throttled. For previous users that signed up and were not made aware of blocking or throttling, their internet experience may not be tampered with by Comcast. No Comcast you can't bury your intentions in the 'fine print' you must state in big bold letters before a user signs up that your service practices blocking and throttling of P2P and other particular types of internet activity. In reality there is no such thing as 'excessive traffic'. What Comcast considers excessive other ISP's consider normal. The world is moving toward faster and constant internet connections, most ISP's are already accommodating this usage. There is no stopping P2P usage, especially with common Television now available on the Internet. Comcast - you are either in or out, with us or against us; make a choice, stand by it, or get out of the way and let 'real' service providers provide real services.

[n1pfl]

ISP Regulation

It's about time the goverment reengaged itself in the regulation, and improvment of Internet quality.
Let us be number one (USA)in the internet services availability and innovation once again!
ASAP

[nuckelhedd]

Are you mad?

This bill would neuter the previous version. Did you miss the part about wanting to remove "enforceable" rules? You could suggest to me anything you want but if theres no penalty i'll do whatever i want. Comcast has already been caught slowing down traffic to sites they don't get paid for. Without the rule and enforcable action against it do you really think they won't do it?

Seriously Do you think they won't do whatever they damn well please if no one tells them they can't. You like reading this websites opinion pieces apparently, if this bill passes your provider could in effect block access to it if they felt like it or if you hadn't bought the "premium" internet package with all the channels so to speak. Take a good read through it and think about the worst you could do if this was your business. And don't think like the law abiding citizen i am sure you are. Think about it from a purely profit and power standpoint and think what you could do.....

[gunplay]

You are all destructive useful idiots!!

IDIOTS! IDIOTS! I am surrounded by them. Why? Why?! Do you cry out for the government to help you idiots? You stupid retarded idiots?! The government will help you huh? This government... this very same government, you think cares one iota about you, the individual? The congress of the PATRIOT ACT, the president of the WAR, and the judicial system of the CORPORATE EMINENT DOMAIN?!

Laws, you want more laws?!!!! The internet works! NOW! HERE! TODAY! What the hell is wrong with it? NOTHING! The internet is fantastic, it is magical, it is capitalism at it's most glorious and finest. You want to create a law to fix nothing. But guess what your support of this new law will do? MAKE IT BREAK, IDIOTS! And guess what you will clamor for after it is broken? MORE LAWS! MORE MORE MORE MORE, your constant, consistent, incessant INSANE idiotic cries to slowly kill every little piece of this America that I love!

You want to know why Comcast has to implement "Quality of Service"? Do you know why Comcast has to drop bit torrent packets? You don't care. You're not educated, you don't even want to be. You're an idiot. You love your ignorance, your ignorant damn laws passed by your ignorant damn Congress. I'll tell you why Comcast does it. It's called a denial of service attack. That is what the bit torrent protocol accidentally does to Comcast's uniquely designed network. It floods the network full of so much chatter so bad that other people can't load a web page snappy if their neighbor is downloading. Let alone VOIP. VOIP quality is destroyed by bit torrent storms on Comcast's network. This is a technical problem, not political. But you people wouldn't know that, would you? You people wouldn't know that Comcast loves it's customers and wants everyone to love their service. That is why Comcast implements "Quality of Service". VOIP wouldn't be possible if Comcast did not do this, and subsequently everyone would switch to another provider. Comcast is a good company just trying to make people happy. Let's sue them. (idiots don't recognize sarcasm either)

Here's an idea, idiots. SWITCH THE DAMN SERVICE if you don't like it. What a novel idea?! f-tards. If you don't like "Quality of Service" then switch providers. And don't you dare give me this "but, but, but, I'm too stupid and lazy to find another service provider", because guess what, you are too stupid and lazy, but there IS another service provider.

And guess what else? AT&T was FORCED to do the government's bidding and put in their NSA tap line. You want proof? Knock, knock, who's there? The f-ing NSA that's who, now go ahead and say no? You are AT&T? Are you going to say no? Is no even a possibility after 911? AT&T is not so much asking the government for immunity, as much as the government is ensuring future telecom cooperation. You want to complain about privacy invasion? Here's an idea, blame the government that CAUSED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, and is still causing it. AT&T is just a victim, like us all. Except in my case, me... I'm a victim of idiots.

P.S. I love you all

[Darryl Snortberry]

right on

i agree with you but socialism looks to be the future based on where the excitement is in the presidential campaign. hold on to your seats. people don't think about the end effects of these utopian laws and you're right, instead of blaming themselves for mucking things up in the first place they point the finger elsewhere and create more laws. it become a continual cycle until you're repressed and in need of a revolution.

[oconnmic]

"I've seen the future and it's murder"-L. Cohen

Look at China, Corporate States, that is the future.