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The Democrats have introduced the Save the Internet Act. Maybe net neutrality will be back.
But maybe not. The bill could pass the Democrat controlled House but it might not make it through the Republican controlled Senate. And then President Trump might not sign it. So there is quite a way to go on this.
Keep watching the situation and express your opinion as you think best.
Why do Republicans fear a debate?
When it was apparent that the disasterous party-line FCC ruling which eliminated net neutrality was coming, Rep. Sean Maloney (D-NY18) introduced H.R.4585 – the Save Net Neutrality Act of 2017.
It was promply bottled-up in commitee. A few days ago the Democrats tried to forcent to have a floor debate on the bill which was voted down by the Republicans.
Why do Republicans fear a debate? Why do they not want freedom of choice?
Why net neutrality? Freedom of choice is the short answer. And by that I mean our choice. Not the choice forced on us by the company that provides our internet service. I wrote about this freedom at some length last month so I won’t repeat those arguments here.
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Net neutrality, it’s not just for nerds. It sounds like kind of a technical thing but most of us should care.
Why? Freedom of choice is the short answer. And by that I mean our choice. Not the choice forced on us by the company that provides our internet service.
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Net neutrality has been much in the news lately. The Trump FCC is ready to roll back the rules to benefit corporations over consumers.
It is an important issue but perhaps a bit difficult to understand. The folks at NPR Marketplace have explained it by offering a series of analogies. The Marketplace article is very non-technical and uses analogies such as ordering a pizza or paying protection money to the mob.
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