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- ISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC's Internet rules, critics say https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/isps-can-charge-extra-for-fast-gaming-under-fccs-internet-rules-critics-say/ 74 comments
- MLB trashes ISPs, doesn’t like the FCC’s ‘fast-lane’ plan one bit http://bgr.com/2014/07/31/mlb-net-neutrality-comments/ 372 comments technology
- Cheap and Fast Municipal ISPs Are Blocked From Operating in Almost Half of the US https://www.pcmag.com/news/cheap-and-fast-municipal-isps-are-blocked-in-almost-half-of-the-us 15 comments technology
- Cheap and Fast Municipal ISPs are Blocked in Almost Half of the US https://uk.pcmag.com/why-axis/127007/cheap-and-fast-municipal-isps-are-blocked-in-almost-half-of-the-us 92 comments technology
- Netflix and Alphabet will need to become ISPs, fast. https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/12/netflix-and-alphabet-will-need-to-become-isps-fast/ 210 comments technology
- 'Myth of the ISP': Volunteers aim to blanket Big Apple with cheap, fast Wi-Fi http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/wifi-nyc-mesh-new-york-city-1.4617106%0Ashared%20via%20the%20cbc%20news%20android%20app 22 comments technology
- Marsha Blackburn Wants ISPs To Sell 'Fast Lanes' Like 'TSA Pre-Check' https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180420/07034339681/marsha-blackburn-wants-isps-to-sell-fast-lanes-like-tsa-pre-check.shtml 47 comments technology
- ISPs should charge for fast lanes—just like TSA Precheck, GOP lawmaker says https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/isps-should-charge-for-fast-lanes-just-like-tsa-precheck-gop-lawmaker-says/ 51 comments technology
- ISPs should charge for fast lanes—just like TSA Precheck, GOP lawmaker says https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/isps-should-charge-for-fast-lanes-just-like-tsa-precheck-gop-lawmaker-says/ 156 comments technology
- Marsha Blackburn says that ISPs should charge for fast lanes like TSA https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/isps-should-charge-for-fast-lanes-just-like-tsa-precheck-gop-lawmaker-says/ 147 comments politics
- Like most things, net neutrality repeal will be gradual on ISPs’ part - “providers can provide fast lanes for certain traffic at a cost to users, slow or even ban access to what they consider to be objectionable or competing content.” http://pocketnow.com/2017/12/17/net-neutrality-isp-content-analysis 9 comments technology
- UK ISPs block one of the world’s largest streaming movie portal - Movie2K. In a ridiculously fast show of defiance, Pirate Bay proxy operators deploy brand new proxy site. http://torrentfreak.com/uk-isps-block-huge-movie-site-movie2k-proxy-immediately-unblocks-130520/ 5 comments technology
- How fast is your ISP? A new report tells all. — Tech News and Analysis - Vendor False Advertising? http://gigaom.com/2012/07/19/how-fast-is-your-isp-a-new-fcc-report-tells-all/ 17 comments technology
- Cheap and Fast Municipal ISPs Are Blocked in Almost Half of the US - Twenty-two states either obstruct or criminalize the option for cities, towns, and counties (or their utilities) to create an ISP. That lack of competition means the internet in those areas cost more. https://www.pcmag.com/news/cheap-and-fast-municipal-isps-are-blocked-in-almost-half-of-the-us 30 comments technews
- Fast, free and uncensored. DNS.WATCH - Change your routers DNS from Google/Your ISP https://dns.watch 5 comments degoogle
- On these Delhi ISPs, YouTube and Hotstar are twice as fast as the rest of the Internet [Net Neutrality] http://www.medianama.com/2016/11/223-net-neutrality-youtube-hotstar-excitel/ 49 comments india
- Canada's telecom regulator will force largest players to sell wholesale access of ultra fast fibre networks to smaller, cheaper ISPs http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/crtc-to-implement-wholesale-access-to-ultra-fast-fibre-networks 198 comments worldnews
- FCC chair: ISPs should be able to charge Netflix for Internet fast lane http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/fcc-chair-isps-should-be-able-to-charge-netflix-for-internet-fast-lane/ 38 comments politics
- FCC chair: ISPs should be able to charge Netflix for Internet fast lane http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/fcc-chair-isps-should-be-able-to-charge-netflix-for-internet-fast-lane 43 comments technology
- FCC chair: ISPs should be able to charge Netflix for Internet fast lane http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/fcc-chair-isps-should-be-able-to-charge-netflix-for-internet-fast-lane/ 1435 comments technology
- Netflix ranks Google Fiber as the "most constantly fast ISP in America" http://blog.netflix.com/2012/12/november-isp-rankings-for-usa.html 1486 comments technology
- Finally, a cheap, fast wireless ISP that runs on Birdseed. May I introduce the 4GB Carrier pigeons. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8248056.stm 7 comments reddit.com
- How the FCC lets your ISP paint a rosy picture of internet speeds - It may be why internet speeds aren’t as fast as you expect https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/13/21021161/att-verizon-fcc-ajit-pai-comcast-broadband-speed-tests-charter 4 comments technology
- This ISP Is Offering a 'Fast Lane' for Gamers...For $15 More Per Month - Priority routing services like Cox Communication's 'Elite Gamer' offer are usually a mixed bag, and in many instances provide no discernible benefit at all. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/neabyw/this-isp-is-offering-a-fast-lane-for-gamersfor-dollar15-more-per-month 2052 comments technology
- Congress gearing up to pass its own legislation on Net Neutrality ahead of FCC, called Title X, that would outlaw fast-lanes and paid prioritization, but not classify ISPs under Title II. http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/19838-fcc-net-neutrality-vote-expected-in-february-but-will-congress-beat-them-to-it 5 comments politics
- ISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC’s Internet rules, critics say https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/isps-can-charge-extra-for-fast-gaming-under-fccs-internet-rules-critics-say/?comments=1&comments-page=1 23 comments technology
- World Wide Web inventor lashes out at Internet fast lanes: ‘It’s bribery.’ "Berners-Lee said that system is now in danger from ISPs who stand to amass too much power over what was intentionally built as a decentralized network — one where no single actor could dictate outcomes to everyone else." http://www.unzag.ml/2018/01/world-wide-web-inventor-slams-internet.html 4 comments technology
- Get ready for the FCC to say the internet is a utility. ISPs won't be able to throttle your speeds, or block websites you want to visit or create "fast lanes" to websites or services that pay them. http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/2/7966363/net-neutrality-proposal 663 comments technology
- FCC reportedly close to reclassifying ISPs as common carriers: "Hybrid" approach wouldn't prevent all Internet fast lane deals. http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/10/fcc-reportedly-close-to-reclassifying-isps-as-common-carriers/ 37 comments politics
- World Wide Web inventor lashes out at Internet fast lanes: ‘It’s bribery.’ "Berners-Lee said that system is now in danger from ISPs who stand to amass too much power over what was intentionally built as a decentralized network — one where no single actor could dictate outcomes to everyone else." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/19/world-wide-web-inventor-lashes-out-at-internet-fast-lanes-its-bribery/?tid=rssfeed 755 comments technology
- Democrats grill FCC chairman on Internet fast lanes and ISP mergers http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/democrats-grill-fcc-chairman-on-internet-fast-lanes-and-isp-mergers/ 14 comments technology
- The end of the net as we know it. UK ISP TalkTalk threatens to implement a 2-tier internet. Only websites that can afford their extortion get fast service. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/364573/the-end-of-the-net-as-we-know-it 143 comments worldnews
- Dishonesty: ISPs advertise download speeds in BITS per sec. Downloads are always gauged in BYTES p/s. 8 megabits is 1 megabyte. Verizon's in-house speed test measures in bytes to delude customers of other ISPs into thinking they will d/l 8x as fast if they switch to Verizon. http://my.verizon.com/micro/speedtest/broadband/ 5 comments technology
- American ISPs Are Better Than Ever, FCC Proclaims in Study Based on Flawed Data - Ajit Pai's FCC says more Americans than ever have access to fast internet connections, but critics say the study is "fundamentally at odds with reality." https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bj9ypw/american-isps-are-better-than-ever-fcc-proclaims-in-study-based-on-flawed-data 15 comments technology
- Senator Jeff Flake and lobbyists from the ISP's are on the fast-track to overturn the FCC’s broadband privacy rules, letting your ISP sell your private internet habits to the highest bidder https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-future/congress-dont-let-internet-providers-sell-our-data-highest-bidder 26 comments politics
- LinkNYC's free gigabit Wi-Fi is here, and it is glorious: It's so fast it'll make you hate your ISP. http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/19/linknyc-gigabit-wifi-hands-on/ 95 comments technology
- You think Google Fiber will open up ISPs to start increasing internet speeds? Here's an example in Canada where a company offers cheaper fast speeds where customers already have choice to use cheap fiber internet to destroy the company http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/536761/shaw-initiates-predatory-price-war-targets-select-customers 86 comments technology
- Spamhaus gets tired of one large ISP in California not responding fast enough to spam complaints and decides to wholesale block their IP space. Thousands of legitimate customers now affected, and Spamhaus doesn't want to hear from any individual sysadmins. Have they gone too far? http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/query/SBL160246 30 comments sysadmin
- WSJ: GOP lead congress/senate will consider "all options on the table" to prevent any FCC regulation of ISPs and preserve internet fast lanes because any other option "harms innovation and investment" http://finance.yahoo.com/news/republicans-lay-plans-fight-fcc-210700099.html 98 comments technology
- Flemish minister for innovation wants "super fast" fiber network all over Flanders. "If ISPs refuse to go along and invest, the Flemish government will do it by itself" http://www.knack.be/nieuws/belgie/muyters-n-va-wil-heel-vlaanderen-van-glasvezelkabel-voorzien/article-normal-908405.html 16 comments europe