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FCC net neutrality proposals tackle internet fast lane – why no one is happy

The latest proposal by the FCC for rules governing the internet leave the door open to an internet “fast lane.” In essence, the battle over net neutrality comes down to who has legal authority over the internet, and whether ISPs can do, well, whatever they want.
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Mad at the FCC? Use this code to create your own “slow lane” on the Web

The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a controversial “fast lane” proposal Thursday, and it’s inspired a bunch of people to protest by slowing down their own websites.

Last week, a Web hosting company called Neocities throttled its home page, and MaxCDN gave customers the option of doing the same—but this only slowed websites down for people connecting from an FCC IP address. Now, there’s an easy way to throttle your website for everyone who visits.

Venture capitalist Brad Feld announced the project Wednesday. There’s a Stop The Slow Lane page and a small bit of code on GitHub that inserts the “slow lane” widget on a website.

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