What is Net Neutrality?
It is basically the Internet’s guiding principle that preserves our right to communicate freely online. Basically it's protected free speech online against ISP's. Right now ISP's are required to provide us with open networks and are not allowed to block or discriminate against any apps or content they may deem offensive. Without these rules in place anything you view or post online is subject to being blocked, interfered with, or severely slowed down. Again if they don't agree with it they can shut it down...and it just so happens that it's highly likely they all may not like ECCIE...and let's be honest...they don't like ECCIE if for no other reason that political expediency.
It's my opinion that the Eccie shareholders / owners will suffer from an over turn of Net Neutrality as their advertisers and customer base will start to shrink up. Ohh and while I'm at it...I'd be remiss if I didn't say you folks can thank Republicans for this good ole change request attacking your freedoms.... So now what are you good people going to do once you try to login and can't because your ISP is part of the discriminatory right wing religious think tank or the insane left wing puritans who think everything should be unicorns and rainbows.
The ruling will be handed down Dec 14th and if Net Neutrality does not prevail expect a major change to your ability to access this site starting next week. Not sure how long it will be before ISP Gustapo start acting gangsta as a result.
Good luck to you all. Armageddon is upon us and I see the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. grrrr....
I'm scared
Originally Posted by Sistine Chapel
Umm.. NO.. Net Neutrality won't affect ECCIE as it is a website that does not stream videos or operate on some weird network port (it runs on 80 for web and 81 for secure weg - IE HTTPS) certain types of sites & services that stream video, TV, music etc use A LOT of the Internet Highway. Some companies want to throttle back those services so there is more bandwidth.
Think of it like oversized loads on the freeway that take up 2 lanes.. it causes slow downs and fewer cars can be on the freeway when they are en route.
No what will effect ECCIE is a modification of the Computer Decency Act part 230 in which they are proposing that a website owner/operator can be legally held responsible for any and all content posted by their users.
In other words if users post something illegal, the site owner/operated could be legally responsible and face charges. For now the goal is to reduce the human trafficking stuff but we all know it is a slippery slope.