The Federal Communications Commission voted 32 to impose net neutrality rules today, restoring the common-carrier regulatory framework enforced during the Obama era and then abandoned while Trump was president.

The rules prohibit Internet service providers from blocking and throttling lawful content and ban paid prioritization.

“Consumers have made clear to us they do not want their broadband provider cutting sweetheart deals, with fast lanes for some services and slow lanes for others, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said at today’s meeting.

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    I have a 186GB 5G monthly limit on my 10€ mobile subscription, then (supposedly) it drops to 4G speed. I’m ok with those kind of limits because they are not there to milk people.

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      I checked the carriers around here and all of them unsurprisingly offer the same thing. 50GB 5G for 50€ that drop to roughly 2G speeds once the limit is reached.

      Almost 20x the cost of your subscription.

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      I think it should be allowed to set limited data cap OR limited/guaranteed speed, but never both

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      Meanwhile in canada i have a plan from 2012 that was an unlimited plan they that geta throttled after 5gigs (it has been since upped to 20gigs now)

      If its throttled its throttled to less than 200kbps and is basically useless

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        Try watching videos over I2P. 64 kbps average.

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      the problem here is that it’s still there to milk people. It’s just not like, criminal.

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      186 GB

      Oddly specific and insane limit that nobody is ever going to reach

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        You will if you hotspot your phone and connect your computer to it instead of paying for a home internet plan.

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          Yeah, this is fair. I’m spoiled with gigabit so I forgot people still do that.