Net Neutrality

November 28, 2017 6:11 pm

We are three weeks away from the FCC voting to remove net neutrality rules that govern internet service providers. What this means is you'll see slower speeds on sites that can't pay up for a "fast lane" access. Sites like netflix and youtube will be fine, they've got plenty of money to spend to make sure you see their content as quickly as possible.

Small businesses like Subeta and nonprofits that provide essential community services don't have such deep pockets, and won't be able to buy in to a fast lane.

We believe that the internet should be open, every person should be able to access it. Click here for more information about net neutrality and what you can do to make sure the repeal doesn't happen.

December 2, 2017, 8:59 pm by

Enjoy paying for internet usage if this passes. Net Neutrality is the only thing that is allowing people to have free access to information.

Here you go, definition: Network Neutrality is usually defined as the principle that internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all online content equally without blocking or slowing down specific websites on purpose or allowing companies to pay for preferential treatment.

December 1, 2017, 3:57 am by

Don't forget to text RESIST to 50409 to use resistbot! It'll guide you through formatting a letter to fax to your representatives in congress. Super important if you want them to put pressure on the FCC and prevent the end of net neutrality!

November 30, 2017, 5:11 am by

tune into something other than Fox News sometime maybe. Other people you already were more eloquent on why you've got this shit backwards, so there's my hot take for ya, free of charge. Granted, if net neutrality gets the axe, I'll have to ask for a $50 premium on future nuggets of advice. This is a quality service I've got going here and I gotta get a nest egg going for when I have to pay to post my ugly art on tumblr cuz Verizon sectioned it off.

November 29, 2017, 11:48 pm by

Mafia Protection Racket LOL Never thought of it like that, but it felt that way when I had DirectTV.

November 29, 2017, 11:40 pm by

That makes more sense :D Thanks for simplifing it for me.

November 29, 2017, 11:34 pm by

I'm not from the us, but this sounds awful

November 29, 2017, 8:00 pm by

I just made the call, thank you for posting this Keith. Shit's scary, yo.

November 29, 2017, 6:47 pm by

For those who support the repeal of Net Neutrality here is a nice list of what had happened prior to the current rules that the FCC is looking to abolish

A Brief History of Net Neutrality

This also excludes when Comcast decided to extort Netflix

November 29, 2017, 4:57 pm by

I just sent letters via ResistBot. I'll tweet at the undecideds and badguy reps when I get home. Though the 3 names I actually recognize I'm fairly certain are lost causes (two are badguys and one is "undecided" coughunannouncedbadguycough) but I'll try anyway.

I hope we can save Net Neutrality ;.; hugs Subeta Team

November 29, 2017, 3:18 pm by

Oh, , I don't know where you've been reading service provider propaganda but you've been woefully misinformed.

"It's extremely bias of you to only talk about one side of this issue and not the other."

This is incorrect. It is not bias to discuss the truth. Saying the world is round isn't being biased against Flat Earthers.

The other side of this issue is the service providers who expect a return on their investment in lobbying for these changes. If there wasn't going to be a huge increase in profit for them they wouldn't be pushing for an end to Net Neutrality.

"It'll only give big corporations more power to censor people that they don't agree with, which is already happening on YouTube."

You're only kinda correct here, but at the wrong target. YouTube already has all the power they need to "censor people" being a private business that is under no obligation to provide anyone with a platform, especially considering that they aren't a monopoly.

The big corporations that will get more power to censor? The internet service providers who have stopped traffic to sites they don't like (it happened here in Canada when Telus blocked the website of a union they were having a dispute with). In many areas, ISPs are monopolies. If you don't like their service, you don't have an option to sign up with someone else. This is why getting rid of Net Neutrality is dangerous.

November 29, 2017, 2:38 pm by

- Are... you sure you know what you're talking about? Net neutrality is what we have now, which makes it so providers can't charge fees for accessing different parts of the internet. The FCC wants to get rid of that so that their rich corporate buddies can charge us all up the ass to access different parts of the web, like cable providers do with TV channels.

November 29, 2017, 12:58 pm by

Thank you for sharing this form and explaining how Not American people can help!! Just filled it in :)

November 29, 2017, 12:49 pm by

It's like a mafia protection racket. Your ISP can control how fast you access information or whether you can access it at all. They can pick winners and losers. If you buy your phone service from a different provider than your Internet service, without net neutrality your ISP can make paying your bill tortuously slow, redirect you to its own phone service, or simply block your ability to reach your phone provider's site. Unless maybe, you were to add access to your Internet package and/or your phone provider were to pay your ISP to be allowed to reach costumers on its networks.

That's a nice business you got goin' on there. It'd be a shame if your customers could no longer reach it, know what I mean?

November 29, 2017, 12:48 pm by

Either you guys are misinformed about this issue or you're spreading lies on purpose. I hope it's the former. Net Neutrality is a BAD thing. It has a nice sounding name and they did that on purpose, to trick you into thinking it's a good thing. It's not. It's extremely bias of you to only talk about one side of this issue and not the other. Net Neutrality does not create a free internet. It was already free before the last administration decided to mess with it. It'll only give big corporations more power to censor people that they don't agree with, which is already happening on YouTube. It's a shame that so many people believe this lie about Net Neutrality. It needs to be repealed, and I hope they succeed.

November 29, 2017, 12:27 pm by

I thought this was over with as there was so much going on about it in the summer time... I had no idea this is still going on. I couldn't find where to leave the international comment. I tried googling it but couldn't find it. Can someone link it? It's not the same page as in the news post is it?

November 29, 2017, 10:29 am by

You don't need to be in the US to make a comment to the FCC about this. There is a ticky box for international commenters. I live outside the US and submitted a comment yesterday.

November 29, 2017, 10:16 am by

Aye, thank you, SubetaTeam. I was surprised to see this, but I'm glad you guys are aware of this issue. I've done my part, and I hope everyone else will do so as well. The internet is not cable TV, and it should not be treated as such.

November 29, 2017, 8:38 am by

implying the internet isn't already lost from being passed to the effin UN

Wow, so many uniformed shills for Wall Street on here.

November 29, 2017, 6:56 am by

For anyone shrugging and going oh well, you gotta pay to play, lemme remind you: This will absolutely be revisited upon we, the consumers, in two ways. Firstly, smaller sites will be forced to up premiums to remain competitive, and who do you think will be covering that bill? There will be more pay walls, more trashpandas objecting to private browsing, and more popups that yell at you for adblocking. The second way is a bit more insidious; as only the richest sites will afford the faster speeds without pay walls, the smaller sites will founder. It will, in effect, control our access to information. Not just your own, but your kids, your relations, your friends, your community's. No one who is for this repeal can say without hypocrisy that they are for free speech. This is not a scare tactic or an over dramatization; these are precisely what will happen. But hey, at least for one glorious moments we will create more wealth for billionaires, eh? Don't want to be bashed? Do something about it.

November 29, 2017, 6:51 am by

All politicians try to destroy net neutrality. :( They work on this in germany too.

Good luck with calls. :C

November 29, 2017, 6:44 am by

PLEASE Americans, do this as it will affect us all around the world. But we can do nothing :(

November 29, 2017, 6:17 am by

Thank you for spreading this very important message

November 29, 2017, 4:56 am by

I'm with you. ❤

November 29, 2017, 4:53 am by

Good luck!

November 29, 2017, 4:23 am by

This meme needs to die, tbh. It's been years of scaring us about it. Lel.

November 29, 2017, 4:09 am by

I feel like if the people who are buying the csc can't afford internet for every little thing like they want to do where they make certain things like under different plans and if you can't afford that plan you can't play certain things like everything will be separate kind of like the plans comcast have if you can't afford their best plan theres only so many channels you get or you can't watch HBO if you don't have that premium plan :S sorry its hard to explain for me since I am bad at explaining. I don't think that many people buy csc I think its a group of certain people who spend a lot but I don't think its enough to pay staff, pay for whatever you need to keep the site running and also support the creator of keith. I mean I don't know how much he makes but it cost money to put items on here.

November 29, 2017, 3:50 am by

I'd love it if someone can please explain to me what the whole thing is about? I've seen a mod site I like to get on, talking about the same as on here and all I can understand is that it may be more then faster internet.

November 29, 2017, 3:24 am by

I am just hearing about this, I really hope this doesn't go through...

November 29, 2017, 3:12 am by

I cannot call the Congress because I don't live in the USA, but I signed the international petition. :) I'm with you. ❤

November 29, 2017, 2:45 am by

I'm really glad to see a news post about this! I finally made a forum post and a billboard about it a few days ago because I was surprised to not really see anyone talking about it on Subeta yet. I know we're all tired of this because it seems to keep coming around every year but this time, under this administration, it seems extra ominous and more important than ever to speak up about it. This isn't just about fun and games (although that's important too)...the free and open internet is critical for the public to stay informed and to organize if necessary. Without it, it will be a lot more difficult for us to unite and fight back next time our freedoms are threatened...

November 29, 2017, 2:16 am by

Same I don't live in the US so can't take action! Because of region limitation if this did happen I'd probably have absolutely no access to this site :( Never heard of this net neutrality thing btw :o

November 29, 2017, 1:33 am by

You take care, as well :)

November 29, 2017, 1:13 am by

Thank you for clarifying and explaining your thoughts.

My comment was not intended to single anyone out, but address the use of the word "bashing." You are correct that it was used multiple times.

Take care! :)

November 29, 2017, 1:04 am by

I'm just wondering, can't Subeta afford to get a faster speed if they have too with the thousands that people pay for CSC and whatnot? I'm just trying to understand why the bill would be a problem. I'm not very good at understanding real world stuff, I have Aspergers and if it doesn't pull at my focus then I never pay it any mind.

November 29, 2017, 12:31 am by

"bashing" was more harsh than I intended, I think I got that specific word from comments, but I could be mistaken. If I am mistaken, I apologize. I don't mean to say people can't be angry or express their anger. Of course that's going to happen, and it should. I hope this wasn't the intention my comment came off as giving. I don't want to be someone that makes it hard to speak up, I want to encourage it <3

November 29, 2017, 12:17 am by

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Congress has critical oversight authority over the FCC and they can step in and stop this vote from happening, but only if we overwhelm them with phone calls between now and December 14.

(from the comments on this post)

November 28, 2017, 11:32 pm by

It’s very necessary.

November 28, 2017, 11:22 pm by

Thank you so much for posting this!

November 28, 2017, 11:17 pm by

Criticism =/= bashing. We can handle criticism. We sure dish it out enough.

November 28, 2017, 11:12 pm by

Hoping this can be successfully fought. You got this Americans!

November 28, 2017, 11:11 pm by

Sadly, I cannot take any action since I do not live in the US, but I wish all my yankee friends the best of luck that you beat down this ridiculous bill! Please don't allow this to happen!

November 28, 2017, 10:45 pm by

I have sent a message, and I have called, but I'm not stopping there, I'm going to make flyers and post them around my neighborhood and at my college to get people aware of this and to urge them to take a stand. I'm just so disgusted and disappointed that bad things keep on coming at us from all corners without caring how we feel. American, sadly, do not deserve the title as "The land of the free" at the moment. As harsh as that sounds, it's how I personally feel. I'm so tired of bad things happening that can ruin the lives of millions all for the sake of money. Living is hard enough for most people, and now they are trying to make it even harder. The internet is like a safe haven, and Subeta is one of the few sites I enjoy spending my time on, and it saddens and angers me that the site (along with so many) will be affected should this go through. I will do all that I can to spread the word and take a stand against this. No way am I taking this sitting down!

November 28, 2017, 10:42 pm by

I signed the petition on act. freenet and also shared it on my FB.

November 28, 2017, 10:31 pm by

ALSO: for those of you who also have phone anxiety! Unfortunately, ResistBot has been reported to not be effective, as the FCC may be filtering out anything it sends (somehow. I'm not sure exactly how it's doing it). I've heard this from quite a few people.

Emails and snail mail do work too if you cannot call!

November 28, 2017, 10:30 pm by

how sorry to inconvenience you

November 28, 2017, 10:29 pm by

To all of you other Yanks: YOU BEST HAVE CALLED YOUR REPS!!!

To the Subetans from other countries who have been spreading the word: THANK YOU SO MUCH WE LOVE YOU GUYS

November 28, 2017, 10:26 pm by

many people* lol

November 28, 2017, 10:26 pm by

Please don't let this happen, it'll fuck over so much people for the greed of the rich

November 28, 2017, 10:08 pm by

i'm crossing my fingers real hard that this doesn't happen. even though i'm in Australia i've signed a few things and spread the word on fb, hope it helps!

November 28, 2017, 9:54 pm by

I plan on getting involved and calling congress --I am not scared at all. This is very important to me. Thanks for posting this.

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