Death of Net Neutrality | TDNC Podcast #73

Channel:

This Does Not Compute

Subscribers:

448,000

Published on December 8, 2017 4:00:02 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7FbraGE1ZY

Category:

Show

Duration: 32:42

12,233 views

760

The fate of Net Neutrality in the United States goes up for a vote on December 14, and it's likely going to be repealed. How did we get to this point, and what will life be like afterwards?

---Sources cited---

April 2017 net neutrality repeal announcement:
http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/fcc-net-neutrality-ajit-pai-3-1202401471/

Identity theft on anti-Net Neutrality comments:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2017/05/26/victims-demand-fcc-remove-fake-anti-net-neutrality-comments/#7270cbfd6e79

Removing broadband subsidies for low-income homes:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/17/16669716/fcc-lifeline-scaled-back-tribal-lands-broadband-discount-limits

FCC Net Neutrality proposal Q&A:
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db1128/DOC-347961A1.pdf

Verizon vs FCC recordings in 2013:
https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/recordings.nsf/DocsByRDate?SearchView&Query=verizon&Start=1&Count=10&SearchOrder=1&SearchWV=TRUE

Photo of courthouse: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Meade_and_Prettyman_Courthouse.jpg

Charter fighting lawsuit in New York about slow speeds:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/charter-is-using-net-neutrality-repeal-to-fight-lawsuit-over-slow-speeds/

Comcast changes Net Neutrality pledge same day FCC announced undoing it (April 2017):
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/comcast-deleted-net-neutrality-pledge-the-same-day-fcc-announced-repeal/

Minnesota state attorney general sues CenturyLink:
http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-attorney-general-sues-centurylink-over-billing/434082273/

MetroPCS blocked all streaming video except YouTube in 2011:
https://www.wired.com/2011/01/metropcs-net-neutrality-challenge/

Verizon blocked Google Wallet in 2011:
https://venturebeat.com/2011/12/05/verizon-blocks-google-wallet/

AT&T blocked FaceTime in 2012:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/att-says-it-never-blocked-apps-fails-to-mention-how-it-blocked-facetime/

Vidme shutting down:
https://medium.com/vidme/goodbye-for-now-120b40becafa

----------------------------------------­-------------------------------------

Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute

Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp

TDNC t-shirts and apparel can be found at https://www.redbubble.com/people/thisdoesnotcomp

This Does Not Compute
PO Box 131141
St. Paul, MN 55113

----------------------------------------­-------------------------------------

Music by Lakey Inspired (http://www.soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.box-cat.com).