FCC to regulate the net ?
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12 ... ity-rules/
I don't know much about this but it sounds like a storm is brewing.
Godfather.
I don't know much about this but it sounds like a storm is brewing.
Godfather.
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This only has upside, right?
Why is the FCC so fucking incompetent?
I think that if you work in the FCC, your brain is slowly turned to mush by the bureaucracy. Plus, they are not working towards a goal that could lead to profit, thus their driving motivation is to appease the politicians that give them their power.
Godfather.
All and all, it looks like a typical power struggle and it doesn't look like it will impact me, thus I will reserve my mental calories on more important issues like Tom Brady's ongoing hair plug expansion.
now I understand, thanks.
Godfather.
Actually, now that I think about it, that is sort of how our government usually works. It's not a paradox - it is the norm.
You're preaching to the choir.
"That Government is best which governs least" - Thoreau
AGREED. I think most people just want the gov't to leave us alone. They're in our bedrooms, bathrooms, cars, medicine cabinet, workplace, now the internet, and even in my fridge. And everytime they "regulate" something they tell us it's "for our benefit", or to "ensure freedom and openness". I wouldn't buy anything from a salesman that talked that way.
I'm not saying all gov't reg is bad, but this is an example of "give em an inch, they take a mile."
thats it, no protection, no greater good, just another way to fuck people.
Superised it took this long really.
Any time he talks about a policy which will benefit the people, it's safe to assume it won't. The man has nothing but contempt for this country and it's traditions.
Free Press: FCC Net Neutrality Order a ‘Squandered Opportunity’
WASHINGTON -- By a 3-2 vote Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission approved new rules intended to prevent Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from acting as gatekeepers on the Web. The rules, however, heavily favor the industry they are intended to regulate, and leave consumers with minimal protections. Democratic Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael Copps voted with Chairman Julius Genachowski, while Republican Commissioners Robert McDowell and Meredith Attwell Baker voted against.
Free Press Managing Director Craig Aaron made the following statement:
“We are deeply disappointed that the chairman chose to ignore the overwhelming public support for real Net Neutrality, instead moving forward with industry-written rules that will for the first time in Internet history allow discrimination online. This proceeding was a squandered opportunity to enact clear, meaningful rules to safeguard the Internet’s level playing field and protect consumers.
“The new rules are riddled with loopholes, evidence that the chairman sought approval from AT&T instead of listening to the millions of Americans who asked for real Net Neutrality. These rules don't do enough to stop the phone and cable companies from dividing the Internet into fast and slow lanes, and they fail to protect wireless users from discrimination. No longer can you get to the same Internet via your mobile device as you can via your laptop. The rules pave the way for AT&T to block your access to third-party applications and to require you to use its own preferred applications.
“Chairman Genachowski ignored President Obama's promise to the American people to take a 'back seat to no one' on Net Neutrality. He ignored the 2 million voices who petitioned for real Net Neutrality and the hundreds who came to public hearings across the country to ask him to protect the open Internet. And he ignored policymakers who urged him to protect consumers and maintain the Internet as a platform for innovation. It’s unfortunate that the only voices he chose to listen to were those coming from the very industry he’s charged with overseeing."