FCC Wants to Give Corporations Their Own Internet

[Judi Lynn]

April 29, 2014
The New Proposal Mocks Net Neutrality

FCC Wants to Give Corporations Their Own Internet

by ALFREDO LOPEZ


When a federal court trashed its “net neutrality” compromise policy in January, the Federal Communications Commission assured us that the Internet we knew and depended on was safe. Most activists didn’t believe federal officials and this past week the FCC demonstrated how realistic our cynicism was.

The Commission announced last week that among its proposals on the Internet, due for full discussion on May 15, was one which would give access providers the right to sign special deals with content producers for connections that are faster and cleaner than the connections most websites use. It’s precisely the nightmare that court decision threatened.

In the predictable outcry and immediate debate over the FCC’s announcement, however, two major issues seemed to be lost.

To deliver this faster connection, the Internet giants will have to change the Net’s protocols, establishing a fast lane that completely destroys the technological basis of Internet neutrality. They will, effectively, be allowed to set up an alternate Internet.

More:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/29/fcc-wants-to-give-corporations-their-own-internet/

[randys1]

1. But wait, surely EVERY single teaparty house and senate member is for net neutrality, right?

Surely these ANTI government folks dont want the GUBBIMENT making laws that make it easier for corps to screw us, right?

[undeterred]

2. Because corporations are people...but all people aren't created equal.

[quadrature]

3. email and other low-bandwidth-stuff will get thru

how much more do you really expect?

[blkmusclmachine]

4. It's Citizens United for the intertoobs. And, once again, the 99% will get royally screwed.