What the threat against net neutrality means for PC gaming

What the threat against net neutrality means for PC gaming

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http://www.pcgamer.com/how-net-neutrality-affects-pc-gamers/

Update: On November 21, FCC chairman Ajit Pai announced his intent to "repeal the heavy-handed Internet regulations imposed by the Obama  Administration and to return to the light-touch framework under which the Internet developed and thrived before 2015." These plans to limit the FCC's power and remove regulations protecting Internet users in the US will give companies like Comcast more power to shape how we use the Internet, despite Pai's claim that "the FCC would simply require internet service providers to be  transparent about their practices so that consumers can buy the service plan that’s best for them and entrepreneurs and other small businesses can have the technical information they need to innovate." In Portugal, we've already seen an example of the kind of pricing structure net neutrality can prevent.

What happens now? The five members of the FCC (three Republican, including chairman Pai, and two Democrats) will vote on the new rules on December 14. There's nowhere you can read those fully revised rules yet—they'll be available online on November 22.