{"id":8234,"date":"2013-09-10T16:19:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T20:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/uncategorized\/but-for-these-rules\/"},"modified":"2021-11-29T01:00:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T01:00:28","slug":"but-for-these-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/but-for-these-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"But For These Rules&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>According to Verizon, the FCC&#8217;s Open Internet Rules are the only thing preventing ISPs from becoming gatekeepers for the internet. For background on yesterday&#8217;s hearing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/blog\/what-net-neutrality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">start here<\/a>, for a summary of the arguments <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/blog\/what-happened-net-neutrality-oral-argument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">go here<\/a>, and for a timeline of net neutrality, click <a href=\"http:\/\/whatisnetneutrality.org\/timeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. <span><br \/><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Who_Controls_The_Interwebz_.preview.jpg\n\" border=\"0\" width=\"270\" style=\"float: right; margin: 15px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday Verizon explained, in the simplest terms possible, why net neutrality rules are so important: the rules are the only thing preventing ISPs from turning the internet into cable TV.<br \/><!--break--><br \/>During <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/blog\/what-happened-net-neutrality-oral-argument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">yesterday\u2019s oral argument<\/a>, the judges and Verizon\u2019s attorney discussed Verizon\u2019s desire to enter into special commercial agreements with \u201cedge providers.\u201d&nbsp; Edge providers are just another name for websites and services \u2013 everyone from Google, Netflix, and Facebook to the Public Knowledge policy blog.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>These types of agreements \u2013 where ISPs charge edge providers extra just to be able to reach the ISP\u2019s subscribers \u2013 are exactly the types of agreements that raise network neutrality concerns.&nbsp; If Verizon \u2013 or any ISP \u2013 can go to a website and demand extra money just to reach Verizon subscribers, the fundamental fairness of competing on the internet would be disrupted.&nbsp; It would immediately make Verizon the gatekeeper to what would and would not succeed online.&nbsp; ISPs, not users, not the market, would decide which websites and services succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, we have rules that prevent this type of behavior.&nbsp; The FCC\u2019s Open Internet rules are the only thing stopping ISPs from injecting themselves between every website and its users.&nbsp; But you don\u2019t need to take Public Knowledge\u2019s word for it:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F109731170\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s Verizon\u2019s attorney yesterday.&nbsp; \u201cThese rules\u201d are the FCC\u2019s Open Internet rules.&nbsp; \u201cThose commercial arrangements\u201d are arrangements that would force edge providers to pay ISPs a toll every time one of the ISP\u2019s subscribers wanted to access the edge provider\u2019s content.&nbsp; In other words, if your ISP doesn\u2019t have a special deal with the website you want to visit (or if the website you want to visit is in a \u201cpremium\u201d tier that you haven\u2019t paid for), it may not work.<\/p>\n<p>The FCC\u2019s Open Internet rules prevent that type of corrupting market from developing.&nbsp; Again, Verizon\u2019s attorney:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F109731226\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>All of this is good news for those of us in favor of net neutrality. The FCC\u2019s Open Internet rules really are the only thing preventing ISPs from installing themselves as the gatekeepers of the internet.&nbsp;&nbsp; And if you don\u2019t believe us, just ask Verizon.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"500\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus<\/strong>:&nbsp; The excerpts above come from a slightly longer exchange between Verizon and the judges anchored in a discussion of standing.&nbsp; The full exchange can be found below.&nbsp; Remember that a \u201ctwo-sided market\u201d is one in which, in addition to charging subscribers to access the internet, ISPs get to charge edge providers on the internet to access subscribers as well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F109731065\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadc.uscourts.gov\/recordings\/recordings.nsf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a> to a recording of the entire argument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>According to Verizon, the FCC&#8217;s Open Internet Rules are the only thing preventing ISPs from becoming gatekeepers for the internet. For background on yesterday&#8217;s hearing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/blog\/what-net-neutrality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">start here<\/a>, for a summary of the arguments <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/blog\/what-happened-net-neutrality-oral-argument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">go here<\/a>, and for a timeline of net neutrality, click <a href=\"http:\/\/whatisnetneutrality.org\/timeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. <span><br \/><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/files\/images\/Who%20Controls%20The%20Interwebz_.preview.jpg\n\" border=\"0\" width=\"270\" style=\"float: right; margin: 15px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday Verizon explained, in the simplest terms possible, why net neutrality rules are so important: the rules are the only thing preventing ISPs from turning the internet into cable TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>But For These Rules... - Public Knowledge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. 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