[overstay8930]

Which is exactly how it’s supposed to work in the first place, individual states are really the only entities that even have the power to enforce any sort of regulation here anyways. Telecom was always handled by states, the feds only stepped in when it was inter-state.

This was going to happen regardless, T-Mobile basically threw throttling in their face and they had no choice but to pretend it was fine, and they’ll be doing the same with home internet soon enough (followed by CableCos in non-competitive areas).

[scarface_74]

Net neutrality was never about mobile data.

Unlike terrestrial internet, you can’t just build more capacity with over the air data transmissions. You have to have more agressive network and QOS management for cellular networks.

Besides that, the true argument for net neutrality was not to unfairly help or hurt businesses. T-mobile 0 rated all of the streaming services that participated in the program and were not asking for money for it. Even though they didn’t advertise it, if you dug deep enough, you could find the list including some porn sites.

Someone commented on HN a while back that they were able to get their 50 stream non profit 0 rated.

[johnnyanmac]

>Which is exactly how it’s supposed to work in the first place

I don't think anyone can seriously argue that the internet is a "state resource", by any reasonable measure. Stuff like this is exactly why federal steps in and established communication standards. because when communication is fractured by the rules of 50 states, we aren't really "united" anymore.

Nevermind the monopolies with ISPs and that a federal anti-trust would solve 50 problems at once rather than states taking their time to try and clean their backyard.

>T-Mobile basically threw throttling in their face and they had no choice but to pretend it was fine

and you don't see why this is a problem on a national level that needs proper standards, instead of a state free for all?

[Terr_]

> Which is exactly how it’s supposed to work in the first place

True, but that was also when riding on a horse was the fastest way over land and a much much greater proportion of stuff was within state-lines.

In some alternate universe where the telegraph had already been invented, all those states may have entered into some sort of special telegram compact, and our "how it's supposed to work in the first place" would be rather different.

Actually, in this universe something similar did happen: The federal government was explicitly authorized to run a nationwide postal service, which stands out in a Constitution that was otherwise mostly about what it couldn't do.