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FCC Internet Broadband Proposal
Thursday, May 6, 2010 8:16 AM
BYTEMITE
Quote:On Thursday, the FCC proposed a "third way" to regulate broadband in light of the recent Comcast decision: narrowly reclassifying the transmission of data as a telecommunications service that the agency could directly regulate, balanced by a hands-off approach to other aspects. [....] The "Solomonic" approach, in the words of Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), is an attempt to strike a balance between the April Comcast ruling in which an appellate court said that the FCC's broadband plan extended the agency's powers beyond its legal charter. In recent weeks, the FCC has sought a way to overcome that limitation, urged on by representatives of both houses of Congress, while seeking to avoid another setback at the hands of the courts.
Thursday, May 6, 2010 9:45 AM
DREAMTROVE
Thursday, May 6, 2010 10:02 AM
STORYMARK
Quote:Originally posted by dreamtrove: Oh, great, more power to a nightmare agency that has brought corporate monopoly to television and radio, and now wishes to do the same to the internet.
Thursday, May 6, 2010 10:09 AM
MINCINGBEAST
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: Quote:Originally posted by dreamtrove: Oh, great, more power to a nightmare agency that has brought corporate monopoly to television and radio, and now wishes to do the same to the internet. I do believe the whole point is to avoid corporate control. "I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
Thursday, May 6, 2010 10:50 AM
Thursday, May 6, 2010 11:59 AM
Quote:Story I do believe the whole point is to avoid corporate control.
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