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Net Neutrality Has Been Preserved in 3-2 Vote; You Can Keep Doing/Consuming Whatever Comedy You Want Online

February 26, 2015

(via NPR)

It’s been a long wait to see what the word would be on whether Net Neutrality and prevention of Internet Service Providers charging different rates for differing types of Internet traffic would stand.

Today, the FCC voted 3-2 in favor of adopting Net Neutrality and reclassifying the Internet as a public utility.

So, that means you will be able to watch and listen as well as make whatever shows, podcasts, livestreams, specials, etc. online at no extra charge. John Oliver does a pretty bang up job of explaining it as well.

The fine print has yet to be released or explained, but keeping the likes of ISPs at bay as the victory here today.

Make sure you celebrate that freedom by, probably, continuing whatever bizarre sketch you were watching or meme that you’re currently posting everywhere.

Netflix Paying Time Warner Cable For Faster Speeds and Direct Access So You Can Continue Binge Watch Uninterrupted

August 23, 2014

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(via Gigaom)

With possibly not knowing where the debate of net neutrality will head, Netflix is trying to guarantee the speed of their online streaming service by footing the bill themselves.

They’ve just signed a deal this week with Time Warner Cable that will guarantee fast speeds and direct access so that you can stream as many of your favorite comedy series and movies as you possibly can at no extra charge (for now).

Hopefully, net neutrality will be protected and this is just a pre-emptive measure.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Responds to John Oliver’s Net Neutrality Segment

June 17, 2014

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John Oliver is definitely affecting change as the FCC’s Tom Wheeler had to address, in an official capacity, Oliver’s jokes about him during a segment on net neutrality on Last Week Tonight. In the segment, Oliver suggested that Wheeler is like a dingo in that you shouldn’t leave a dingo with your baby just like you shouldn’t leave Wheeler as the chairman of the FCC having be a former lobbyist for cable and wireless companies.

Wheeler felt it prudent during some sort of hearing that he should address the issue of his identity as a human or a dingo. Unlike Donald Rumsfield avoiding Louis C.K.’s lizard question, Wheeler earned himself another segment on Last Week Tonight with making an official statement.

John Oliver Crashes FCC Comments System After Net Neutrality Segment

June 3, 2014

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John Oliver Crashes FCC Comments System After Net Neutrality Segment

Well, John Oliver seems to not only be doing one hell of a funny show, but affecting actual change. He did a segment on net neutrality this past Sunday, which was then online on Monday, that called for Internet commenters to go to the FCC comments section to leave their thoughts on legislation against net neutrality.

While it was Peter Capaldi who said it in Armando Ianucci’s genius In The Loop, John Oliver has shown he can “summon all the media forces of darkness to hound you into an assisted suicide.”

Finally, Why Net Neutrality Is Important Gets Explained by John Oliver

June 2, 2014

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver continues its roll of informative, interactive, and most importantly, damn funny pieces on important issues of our time.

This week, Oliver tackles Net Neutrality and does so quite well. Watch the whole segment here.