Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro PelosiPelosi seeks to tamp down anti-Semitism controversy Ocasio-Cortez says she 'breaks fourth wall' and responds to attacks to ‘squash' them early Pelosi: We’ll fight Trump in Congress and in court if he vetoes emergency declaration bill MORE (D-Calif.) announced Monday that Democrats will introduce a net neutrality bill to replace the open internet rules that were repealed in 2017.
In a letter to her Democratic colleagues, Pelosi said a bill called the Save the Internet Act will be unveiled Wednesday and will be introduced in the Senate as well.
The text of the legislation has not been released, and it’s unclear what will be included in the bill.
Democrats have railed against the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) vote to repeal the net neutrality rules, which happened more than a year ago.
The 2015 regulations prohibited internet service providers from blocking or throttling websites or creating internet fast lanes.
Republicans and the broadband industry have called for legislation codifying net neutrality, but there remain some partisan divisions over what rules should be in effect and how they should be enforced.
The GOP has criticized the Obama-era rules as overly burdensome, in part because they reclassified broadband as a telecommunications service, which designates internet service providers as common carriers and opens up the industry to tougher regulation.
But many Democrats and consumer advocates believe the reclassification was necessary, as it put the industry under the FCC's oversight, giving the agency the means to crack down on violations.
The repeal order is also facing a challenge from Democratic state attorneys general and consumer advocates.
Last month, a panel of federal appeals court judges heard oral arguments in the case, and they are expected to issue a ruling by the summer.
WantonMischief on March 4th, 2019 at 23:44 UTC »
Please don't load this bill with unnecessary or unrelated pork that could derail it....
AnxiousSun on March 4th, 2019 at 23:41 UTC »
Net Neutrality is just one issue, ISPs need to be reclassified under Title II. That was the important ruling. Telecom doesn't care about NN, they care about FCC regulating their business, which Title II allowed. This paved way for things like allowing ISPs to sell user data. We are already seeing some of the fallout. Many wireless companies are now bundling Netflix, Hulu, Spotify, and Apple Music with their service. They are indirectly picking winners and losers because they can legally prioritize these services over competitors. Split packages are going to incentivize plans that promote services that make deals with ISPs. We see this problem with carriers throttling video (480p) and charging more for higher quality content. It'll get worst with 5G where you have to fork over more money for 4K. This was Verizon's big push with Go90 (massive failure) and monetizing user data. Telecom needs to be re-classified as a common carrier so they can't split up the internet.
AllAboutMeMedia on March 4th, 2019 at 22:34 UTC »
Ajit Pai should also be brought in front of the ethics committee to testify on all those bs public comments.
Edit: Even though I believe in what I said above, please see the comment below where u/anxioussun provides a little more content:
"Net Neutrality is just one issue, ISPs need to be reclassified under Title II. That was the important ruling. Telecom doesn't care about NN, they care about FCC regulating their business, which Title II allowed. This paved way for things like allowing ISPs to sell user data. We are already seeing some of the fallout. Many wireless companies are now bundling Netflix, Hulu, Spotify, and Apple Music with their service. They are indirectly picking winners and losers because they can legally prioritize these services over competitors. Split packages are going to incentivize plans that promote services that make deals with ISPs. We see this problem with carriers throttling video (480p) and charging more for higher quality content. It'll get worst with 5G where you have to fork over more money for 4K. This was Verizon's big push with Go90 (massive failure) and monetizing user data. Telecom needs to be re-classified as a common carrier so they can't split up the internet."
Another user posted who voted for NN in the senate: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/axcdd2/pelosi_says_democrats_to_introduce_bill_to_bring/eht8884