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Originally Posted by Vulcan
What does it mean by making internet a Tier II utility?
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Regulating internet service under Title II would mean reclassifying it as a utility, like water. This means that internet providers would just be pumping internet back and forth through pipes and not actually making any decisions about where the internet goes. For the most part, that's a controversial idea in the eyes of service providers alone. It means that they're losing some control over what they sell, and that they can't favor certain services to benefit their own business. Instead, providers would be stuck allowing consumers to use the internet as they want to, using whatever services they like without any penalty. If that sounds pretty great, it's because that's basically how the internet has worked up until now.
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http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/10/7...ity-obama-says
Also, it would mean that smaller ISPs would get pole access and could more easily build out their networks instead of having to fight the idiots at Comcast and Verizon every step of the way.