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FCC Internet Broadband Proposal

POSTED BY: BYTEMITE
UPDATED: Thursday, May 6, 2010 11:59
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Thursday, May 6, 2010 8:16 AM

BYTEMITE


http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2363484,00.asp

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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.

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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.


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Thursday, May 6, 2010 9:45 AM

DREAMTROVE


Ack. It is a beast to be feared. Imagine duplication of service laws on the internet. Oh, with every step the USA sinks into the abyss.

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.

Remind me to target my business at some other country that is going to actually survive. The US can be my Afghanistan ;)

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Thursday, May 6, 2010 10:02 AM

STORYMARK


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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."

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Thursday, May 6, 2010 10:09 AM

MINCINGBEAST


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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."



Fool, that's what THEY want you to BELIEVE. The government never acts with benign motives---their sole reason for being is to DESTROY your freedoms!

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Thursday, May 6, 2010 10:50 AM

BYTEMITE


I really don't know anymore, hence my lack of comment. Which is worse? Control by corporation or control by government? They could be equally bad. I mean, I heard people complaining about whether Comcast could say, make a deal with Microsort and restrict access to google so people have to use Bing. But can the FCC make decency and censorship laws? I seem to recall they can, so what if they restrict access to subversive websites promoting controversial and unpopular views not consistent with the mainstream message?

Anyway, I posted cause it's newsworthy and I thought this might make some of you happy.

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Thursday, May 6, 2010 11:59 AM

DREAMTROVE


Quote:

Story
I do believe the whole point is to avoid corporate control.



Not sure what planet this came from. I don't know if you've met our SEC. It tells you what you can and can't air, how much of each subject, and what take or spin you can use, but most importantly, it controls who can give service wear.

The duplication of service law says that two providers cannot service the same area, which is to say that they determine who can have a monopoly. They then sell this right, or give it to their friends.

This nonsense dates back to Johnson, and was invented for media monopolies, it's the reason Americans are just so uninformed. We talk about the sheepish quality of the people, well the FCC is the #1 reason why. It's also why television sucks, and created an environment unfriendly to independent and off message programming like Firefly.

FCC online. A truly scary concept. Worst idea I've heard since the Great Firewall

Anyway, there is no real corporate corruption on the internet yet. Corruption would be like you go to amazon and it's not there because the serve tells you it's down, but it's really just doing that to drum up business for ebay. A little regulation, and you'll see that sort of thing.

Also, small websites like FFF won't show up at all if TPTB don't want them to.

Seriously.

This is what people don't get about regulation: It is in industry's interest to take over any agency that regulates it by financially supporting candidates who will float nominees that will support policies that will benefit those corporations that pay in. It's very very easy to do this if you have lots and lots of money.

In this case, things like an end to net neutrality would be potentially on the horizon, and maybe not very far off.

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