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FCC votes in favor for rules that reduce 'digital discrimination' for communities with poor internet access (abcnews.go.com)
submitted 11 months ago by rob299 to c/technology
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While I heard about this coming to a vote a few days ago, the FCC has voted in favor for the rules today.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 47 points 11 months ago (3 children)

This is huge. The digital divide is still very real. We forgot about it because richer areas got gigabit, and brought the average up, but poor areas haven't improved much since dial up.

[โ€“] rob299 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

very true, i'm supportive of poorer areas getting internet service myself. The point of the internet was to be a free resource, supported by donations when it was invented. Google deserves to lose it's control that it's had and token advantage of for the last 8-7 years they have no right to have as much control. Same with ISPs, just because they so happen to own the pipes we use and with little competition.

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