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FCC votes in favor for rules that reduce 'digital discrimination' for communities with poor internet access (abcnews.go.com)
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While I heard about this coming to a vote a few days ago, the FCC has voted in favor for the rules today.

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[–] 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is huge. The digital divide is still very real. We forgot about it because richer areas got gigabit, and brought the average up, but poor areas haven't improved much since dial up.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is the best thing to happen to for internet, since the fediverse. or since hd video was made available for free streaming uncapped particularly by YouTube

    and now more people can experience this. I consider this a win for all. Internet prices will go down. Did we lose anything from this proposal? I don't think so. but time will tell as of course the rules had only just now passed.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    very true, i'm supportive of poorer areas getting internet service myself. The point of the internet was to be a free resource, supported by donations when it was invented. Google deserves to lose it's control that it's had and token advantage of for the last 8-7 years they have no right to have as much control. Same with ISPs, just because they so happen to own the pipes we use and with little competition.

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