[Eiriksmal]

Websites are only putting banners up with a loading spinner to help illustrate the issue[0], not throttling their upload speeds. Wouldn't it be better to actually slow down their content? I suppose that hurts the bottom-line so it can't even be considered. =/

[0] A quote from a TechHive.com article on the subject: " Note: The slowdown will only be simulated, not actual—the spinning “loading” icons you’ll see on those sites are entirely symbolic."

[k-mcgrady]

The reason I'm against actually slowing down is because they probably won't bother to geo-target it. Net neutrality isn't a problem where I live, there's nothing I can do to help people in the US, so I don't want my day disrupted. A spinner I'm ok with.

[oceanstone]

Do you have friends & family in the USA? Please urge them to speak out in support of NN

[k-mcgrady]

Good idea.

[nilliams]

Please elaborate. Net neutrality affects the whole web no?

[danudey]

Net neutrality is about ISPs being able to limit or slow other services, or force those services to pay more, for access to their customers. For example, Comcast throttling netflix, forcing Netflix to pay Comcast for unrestricted access to their customers, or forcing their customers to pay more for unrestricted access to Netflix (or some combination of the three).

This is only really an issue with American ISPs, as the US is one of the few (or the only?) jurisdictions where this sort of behaviour is allowed.

[k-mcgrady]

This can explain better than I can: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26865869

[DSMan195276]

Ehh, remember lots of websites blacked themselves out completely for SOPA and PIPA a few years ago, I think that's evidence enough that they'd be willing to go all out in various circumstances. Honestly, I almost wonder if literally slowing down their service would just be a bit to hard for them to setup in the limited time-frame. I don't really know for sure though, I'm just making a guess.

[justizin]

It would be a pain in the ass, some sites might pull it off, most wouldn't. There's no network configuration-based solution as simple, straightforward, and noninvasive as a JS overlay.

[tokenizerrr]

What do you mean? Most major web servers can be easily configured to throttle connections.

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/mod/mod_ratelimit.html

http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#limi...

[thezilch]

And then you're having to hold Nx more connections open, which is not free.