Net Neutrality Is Circling The Drain

Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai has announced that Internet neutrality will go out of existence on Monday, June 11.  So if you try to access an environmentalist or anti-poverty activist Web site, you can expect to be out of luck.

But maybe not.  This Wednesday, May 16, the Senate is expected to vote on preserving Net neutrality via a resolution, and if the pro-Net-neutrality forces can get one more vote for a simple majority, that would be half the battle won.  There would then be a push to get at least 218 House members to support the Senate's resolution.  To say that it would be an uphill battle is an understatement.  That's why there are going to be massive demonstrations at congressional district offices tomorrow to get the resolution through.

But, even after all that, come Tuesday, June 12, when you click onto a site that your Internet service provider can't tolerate, or doesn't want to have compete with its own site (for streaming movies or whatever), the image below will be all you get.

After waiting thirty minutes for it to load. 

I thought Net neutrality was supposed to officially end in April.  I was wrong, obviously, but not as wrong as Net-neutrality activists will be if they think they can stop its repeal this late in the game.