Thread: NET NUTRALITY REPEAL CELEBRATION THREAD
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Old 12-15-2017, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Sage Truthbearer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Because ISPs were classified, alongside other telecoms, as "common carriers", which follow net neutrality, since 1934.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commun...ns_Act_of_1934

Then Verizon sued the FCC in 2014, freeing them from this regulation, and forcing NN to be regulated more explicitly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizo..._v._FCC_(2014))

Basic research is hard.
maybe you're being ran on a treadmill with a carrot dangling infront of your face because there shouldn't be a telco monopoly to begin with? maybe what you really want is trust busting?