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800 US startups: Kill net neutrality and you’ll kill us
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Pelle Svanslös
May 2, 2017, 8:17:51 AM5/2/17
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Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission announced the first
step in its plan to kill net neutrality — reversing the Title II
classification of internet service providers. Doing so will remove many
regulations placed on big cable companies, allowing them to erect
barriers and tolls that impede the free movement of data around the
internet.
You won’t hear Comcast or Verizon complaining, of course — this benefits
them. But young tech companies who need a level playing field on the
internet to succeed are up in arms. After FCC chairman Ajit Pai made
yesterday’s announcement, a group of more than 800 startups sent him a
letter objecting to the plans.
"Without net neutrality, the incumbents who provide access to the
Internet would be able to pick winners or losers in the market. They
could impede traffic from our services in order to favor their own
services or established competitors. Or they could impose new tolls on
us, inhibiting consumer choice. [...] Our companies should be able to
compete with incumbents on the quality of our products and services, not
our capacity to pay tolls to Internet access providers".
Signatories to the letter include some recognizable names, like Y
Combinator, Etsy, Foursquare, GitHub, Imgur, Nextdoor, and Warby Parker.
But the majority of the companies involved will be unknowns to 99
percent of the population.
http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/27/15447394/fcc-net-neutrality-roll-back-startups-letter-y-combinator
step in its plan to kill net neutrality — reversing the Title II
classification of internet service providers. Doing so will remove many
regulations placed on big cable companies, allowing them to erect
barriers and tolls that impede the free movement of data around the
internet.
You won’t hear Comcast or Verizon complaining, of course — this benefits
them. But young tech companies who need a level playing field on the
internet to succeed are up in arms. After FCC chairman Ajit Pai made
yesterday’s announcement, a group of more than 800 startups sent him a
letter objecting to the plans.
"Without net neutrality, the incumbents who provide access to the
Internet would be able to pick winners or losers in the market. They
could impede traffic from our services in order to favor their own
services or established competitors. Or they could impose new tolls on
us, inhibiting consumer choice. [...] Our companies should be able to
compete with incumbents on the quality of our products and services, not
our capacity to pay tolls to Internet access providers".
Signatories to the letter include some recognizable names, like Y
Combinator, Etsy, Foursquare, GitHub, Imgur, Nextdoor, and Warby Parker.
But the majority of the companies involved will be unknowns to 99
percent of the population.
http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/27/15447394/fcc-net-neutrality-roll-back-startups-letter-y-combinator
The Iceberg
May 2, 2017, 8:43:56 AM5/2/17
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How come Google and Facebook aren't opposing this?
Federer Fanatic
May 2, 2017, 10:48:33 AM5/2/17
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On Tue, 2 May 2017 05:43:53 -0700 (PDT), The Iceberg <iceber...@gmail.com> wrote:
| How come Google and Facebook aren't opposing this?
I thought they were.
| How come Google and Facebook aren't opposing this?
http://www.businessinsider.com/fcc-ajit-pai-net-neutrality-internet-association-google-facebook-netflix-2017-4
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