Fuck that sell-out Ajit Pai.
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2023
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Ashit Pai*
A shit pie ?
more like Ajit POO
I have nothing to really add but I just want to say fuck Ajit Pai... Oooooo that felt good.
First positive political thing I've heard in a while. Fuck that guy. Fucking hate him
O.o The debt relief of students wasn’t positive?
I thought that got blocked - or at least, tied up in court. I know there are ongoing initiatives, but isn't the only "big" one, the one that was repaying funds -stolen- from borrowers? Like, refunding overpayments?
The one-time loan forgiveness grant got shut down, yes. But Biden did manage to pass another way to handle student debt relief through the form of a revamped income repayment plan, with wayyyyy more forgiving terms than previous plans, to the point that you could essentially be forgiven of your student loans.
That's my understanding as well. The current initiative is far more limited in scope, and pays back students who were defrauded by scam schools.
I believe it’s still happening through executive order?
We can still throw rocks at ajit pai if we see him thought, right?
I think that is written into the Geneva conventions.
yes
Make
Internet
A
Federally
Protected
Utility
You sons of bitches
We'll have to get rid of some conservatives in congress first. Conservatives (and some neo-liberals) rake in legal bribes from ISP's and are also champing at the bit to control all forms of communication.
Conservatism is a plague of oppression and corruption.
Remember that absolutely fucking stupid ad Ajit made about using the net? Awful.
In all seriousness, what has having these laws repealed done? I'm asking because I don't know.
Literally can't live without the internet these days. It needs to be a protected utility like any other.
The article mentions CA still enforcing net neutrality rules. How does that work? Eventually you have to hop outside the state for many services.. are those backbones required to abide by those rules or can they still throttle as a result being out of state?
I firmly believe in all data being treated equally for the record and I hope this gets fixed. ISPs were kind of slow on throttling but it's becoming more and more obvious in the last couple years in my experience.
Couldn't they have done it earlier ? instead of waiting until the elections ?
No. The Republicans have stalled confirming a replacement until just now. Up until now the committee has been dead locked with 2 Democrats and two Republicans.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel today announced plans to restore net neutrality rules similar to those that were adopted during the Obama era and then repealed by the FCC when Donald Trump was president.
Rosenworcel announced her plans in a speech today, one day after the FCC gained a 3-2 Democratic majority with the swearing-in of Commissioner Anna Gomez.
Similar to the previous rules, FCC officials said they don't plan to impose rate regulation or "unbundling" requirements that would force broadband providers to share networks with other companies.
In a fact sheet, the FCC said the proposal would "establish basic rules for Internet Service Providers that prevent them from blocking legal content, throttling your speeds, and creating fast lanes that favor those who can pay for access."
California enforces net neutrality rules that mirror what the FCC adopted in 2015 and beat industry attempts to get the state law overturned.
Rosenworcel said that because FCC authority is generally centered on phone systems instead of broadband, the commission often needs "duct tape and baling wire" to provide legal justification for its rules.
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Most internet companies are screwy specifically because the government helped them become regional monopolies in the first place. This will make internet more expensive and worse. What is this even trying to solve? You can get fast internet in middle of nowehere Montana with Starlink at $120/month right now.
Yeah, I remember when my internet service got cheaper after Net Neutrality was repealed.
What did happen when it was repealed?
