[HN Gopher] Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Appeals Court
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       Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Appeals Court
        
       Author : jbegley
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2025-01-02 20:08 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
        
       | domoregood wrote:
       | https://archive.is/vyU15
        
       | eutropia wrote:
       | More specifically, TFA:
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       | > the F.C.C. lacked the authority to reinstate rules that
       | prevented broadband providers from slowing or blocking access to
       | internet content.
       | 
       | Which means it's up to congress to endow the FCC with that
       | authority if we are to have said neutrality.
        
       | treetalker wrote:
       | One of the several related opinions (multiple related petitions
       | for review):
       | https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/25a0002p-06.pd...
        
       | gz5 wrote:
       | Interesting, this has flip-flopped a few times so we have some
       | evidence of behavior.
       | 
       | Until 2015's 'net neutrality', ISPs could have theoretically
       | prioritized or deprioritized certain packets, e.g. favor their
       | own video streaming service over Netflix (my understanding of the
       | stated purpose of NN was to prevent that type of ISP behavior; I
       | am not commenting on how achievable that might be, what else may
       | have been included, and/or unintended consequences):
       | https://archive.is/jPAKV
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       | FCC repealed "net neutrality in 2017: https://archive.is/7wMMW
       | 
       | FCC restored NN in April 2024, and now we are back to the
       | pre-2015 and 2017-2024 era states.
       | 
       | So I am wondering if we saw any changes in practice during these
       | different eras? Not saying the past predicts the future, but
       | curious on what we have seen so far.
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | [dupe] Some more here:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42578237
        
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