[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #570: Shifting out of neutral: is the end of the open web?

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OPLIN 4Cast #570: Shifting out of neutral: is the end of the open web?
November 29th, 2017

[image: judges gavel near Net Neutrality] You might have heard? Net
Neutrality seems doomed. The FCC is taking a lot of heat for that and
related actions. Even though the OPLIN 4Cast has covered
<http://4cast.oplin.org/?p=5377> net <http://4cast.oplin.org/?p=12>
neutrality <http://4cast.oplin.org/?p=6456> before
<http://4cast.oplin.org/?p=93>, here are a couple fresh views of the
current, evolving situation. (And for a library perspective, check out the IFLA
Statement on Net Neutrality and Zero-Rating
<https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/10700>.)



   -
   - Sorry, poor people: The FCC is coming after your broadband plans
   <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/sorry-poor-people-the-fcc-is-coming-after-your-broadband-plans/>
[Ars
   Technica | John Brodkin] "The FCC voted 3-2 to scale back the federal
   Lifeline program that lets poor people use a $9.25 monthly household
   subsidy to buy Internet or phone service. The FCC proposed a new spending
   cap that potentially prevents people who qualify for the subsidies from
   actually receiving them."
   - New York attorney general slams the FCC for ignoring net neutrality
   comments investigation
   <https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/21/new-york-attorney-general-fcc-fake-net-neutrality-comments/>
   [Tech Crunch | Taylor Hatmaker] "Earlier this year, at least two
   journalists filed lawsuits against the FCC for its failure to comply with
   Freedom of Information Act requests on the same topic, one of which sought
   information about the FCC’s claims that a DDoS attack took its commenting
   system offline."
   - Here's How the End of Net Neutrality Will Change the Internet
   <https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-the-end-of-net-neutrality-will-change-the-internet/>
   [Wired | Klint Finley] "But even without a dramatic departure from current
   practices, the future internet, then, could look a more extreme version of
   today's mobile plans, with different pricing tiers for different levels of
   video quality for different apps. That means more customer choice, but
   perhaps not in the way anyone actually wants."
   - Why the Courts Will Have to Save Net Neutrality
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/opinion/courts-net-neutrality-fcc.html>
[New
   York Times | Tim Wu] "As the Supreme Court has said, a federal agency must
   'examine the relevant data and articulate a satisfactory explanation for
   its action.' Given that net neutrality rules have been a huge success by
   most measures, the justification for killing them would have to be very
   strong."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Wireless Bureau Finds 'Significant Risk' In Zero-Rating Practices of
   AT&T, Verizon
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=120727274>.
   (*Telecommunications Reports*, vol. 83, no. 2, 15 Jan. 2017, pp. 3-5. |
   Carolyn Puckett)
   - Don't let the FCC take away net neutrality
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=J0E178048996617>.
   ( *USA Today*, 17 November 2017. | Tim Berners-Lee)
   - Counterpoint: As Private Companies, Internet Service Providers Have
   the Right to Profit from Their Investment in Network Infrastructure
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=101841442&site=pov-live>.
   (*Points of View: Internet Neutrality*, 30 Sept. 2016, p. 1. | Micah
   Issitt)

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