Washington Becomes First State to Pass Its Own Net Neutrality Law in Defiance of FCC

[blackfox]

This will be a huge lawsuit. Washington State is trying to do the right thing for it's residents. There have been Governor executive orders to this issue in a few other states also. Still, as pointed out - States can't trump Federal law (pot being an exception).

 

[cfurlin]

Your statement reminds me of the parent that blames both kids when it's their own child causing most of the problems.

They both deserve blame. If you can't see that, you should consider pulling your head out of your backside and look around. It's pretty damn obvious.

 

[inkswamp]

Whatever. Liberals and conservatives are both bat s**t crazy these days. Might as well be the same political party. The only difference is the smell.

Even a casual awareness of the last 2 decades of American politics reveals an enormous and obvious difference between parties in almost every aspect and every issue. How anyone can look at that time period and not see that is beyond me. You're either not paying attention or playing that too-cool-for-school angle where you haven't bothered to stay informed and simply dismiss it all as bad to give the appearance of knowing what you're talking about.

Even on this issue, Net neutrality, the parties are almost 180 degrees apart. You really don't see any difference there?

 

[MrX8503]

They both deserve blame. If you can't see that, you should consider pulling your head out of your backside and look around. It's pretty damn obvious.

Did I ever say only one side is to blame? I'm saying how convenient it is to blame both sides when it's overwhelmingly one sided.

 

[AZ63]

I don't remember, but the FCC has always had limited regulations and has unofficially punished ISPs. Verizon sued the FCC for this overreach and won. The idea behind Net Neutrality is to list ISPs as common carriers, the same laws applied to telephone companies. This allows your phone calls to be uninterrupted no matter who you call.

Comcast is like a restaurant that charges $10 for a meal and an extra $5 because they didn't like the way you chewed your food. As long as I'm under my data limit, I should always get the speed I paid for.

It seems to me that corporations can treat customers poorly and that governments can overreach their authority. Citizens do need a place to go to have their grievances against a bad actor in the community addressed by the authorities. In most matters, I would like the government to intercede after the fact when it comes to the market place.
I know a lot of people don't have a choice of providers where they live. All products and services come with trade offs. Where I live my T-Mo does not have as great of coverage as some other carriers but the price is way better. For me, that trade off works. Some will pay more for better coverage.
I agree you should get the speed you normally get as long as you are under your data limit. It seems odd that they would throttle before you reach the cap. T-Mo throttles after I use my 2 GB. I don't pay overages, I am just throttled. It seldom happens. It would be a hard thing to prove. Perhaps there was a poor signal. Perhaps there is high traffic slowing everyone. If the trade offs get to be to high I find an alternative. I had to do that for the in-laws Android tablet. The service provider was a disgrace. They didn't honor their obligation and therefore they are in my rear view mirror. Back to your speed issue. Have you called to inquire about the slow down? Does it always happen? Do you know if the speed claim is a guarantee or just a "top speed" claim you could expect to get while using your data cap?
Best of luck.

 

[MrX8503]

I know a lot of people don't have a choice of providers where they live. All products and services come with trade offs. Where I live my T-Mo does not have as great of coverage as some other carriers but the price is way better. For me, that trade off works.

You're talking about cellphone carriers, which is significantly different than home internet providers. Most people have 1-2 choices for home internet, which means no competition, which means no innovation and high costs.

Cell carriers is the opposite of that. Most people have access to Verizon, Sprint, ATT, or Tmobile which promotes innovation and cheaper prices. Carriers even brought unlimited back.

 

[cfurlin]

Even on this issue, Net neutrality, the parties are almost 180 degrees apart. You really don't see any difference there?

Not in behavior, no. Same sub-humans, different agendas.