AT&T Lies Again, Insists Net Neutrality Rules Will Hurt First Responders

AT&T Lies Again, Insists Net Neutrality Rules Will Hurt First Responders

7 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20170808/08262937955/att-lies-again-insists-net-neutrality-rules-will-hurt-first-responders.shtml

So one of AT&T, Comcast and Verizon's favorite bogus claims about net neutrality rules is that such consumer protections will somehow prevent the sick or disabled from getting the essential internet connectivity they need. For example, Verizon once tried to claim that the deaf and disabled would be harmed if large ISPs weren't allowed to create fast or slow lanes, or prioritize emergency traffic over say -- Netflix streams. Comcast recently tried to argue something similar, again implying that the hearing-impaired could be harmed unless ISPs are allowed to prioritize or deprioritize select classes of traffic.

But this claim that net neutrality rules somehow prevent ISPs from prioritizing essential medical technologies or other priority traffic has always been bullshit.