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FCC To Introduce Net Neutrality Rule (next Monday)
Washington Post ^
| September 18, 2009
| Cellia Kang
Posted on 09/18/2009 3:46:21 PM PDT by La Lydia
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Where in the Constitution does it allow the federal government to do this? Are they claiming the commerce clause?
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posted on
09/18/2009 3:46:22 PM PDT
by
La Lydia
To: La Lydia
There is way to much truth getting out there. They can’t
allow another point of view to compete.
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posted on
09/18/2009 3:48:02 PM PDT
by
jusduat
(probably lost)
To: La Lydia
this would keep companies from blocking data... not the other way around.
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posted on
09/18/2009 3:51:23 PM PDT
by
sten
To: La Lydia
Joe Goebbels would be proud.
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posted on
09/18/2009 3:51:35 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Americans! "Behaving badly" since April 19, 1775!)
To: jusduat
They argue that they need to maintain flexibility to manage traffic to ensure some applications don't take up too much bandwidth and make Web access slower for some users. This is one thing I agree with. The internet access companies should be providing a pipe and not some filtered and massaged access. Anything else is nothing more than bait and switch.
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posted on
09/18/2009 3:54:45 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: sten
But then rogues can simply hog the internet with sufficiently large denial-of-service attacks in the guise of this service or that. Such as trying to deliver high definition movies in real time.
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posted on
09/18/2009 3:56:04 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Love me, love my cat.)
To: glorgau
Now I’m not sure that I understand this altogether. I don’t
like my cable company, but it’s better than the alternatives
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posted on
09/18/2009 3:56:32 PM PDT
by
jusduat
(probably lost)
To: glorgau
If they advertise a pipe and deliver a soup spoon with certain size holes in it, that would be bait and switch. But if they advertise no pipe....
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posted on
09/18/2009 3:57:41 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Love me, love my cat.)
To: sten
I am very skeptical that anything the Obama administration would be pushing, would be in any way good.
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posted on
09/18/2009 3:57:45 PM PDT
by
visualops
(artlife.us)
To: La Lydia
what constitution...we need to find some way to challenge some of this .
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posted on
09/18/2009 3:58:30 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: sten
"...this would keep companies from blocking data... not the other way around."Best to wait until the details are available. This administration seems to have a knack for slipping details in which run counter to pronounced purpose of the regulations
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posted on
09/18/2009 3:58:46 PM PDT
by
Lloyd227
(Class of 1998 (let's all help the Team McCain spider monkeys decide how to moderate))
To: Lloyd227
Like huge sops to content owners.
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posted on
09/18/2009 3:59:42 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Love me, love my cat.)
To: La Lydia
I want to see the details, but I’m thankful they went this way rather than trying to ram a bill through congress that would be a stealth way to control communications on the net.
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posted on
09/18/2009 4:02:54 PM PDT
by
perfect_rovian_storm
(The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
To: La Lydia
In this case, it actually is interstate commerce. The action would appear to "regulate" interstate commerce. That is to make it function properly. In the sense that a well regulated clock is one that keep good time and well regulated double rifle or shotgun shoots to the same point of aim out of either barrel.
I'm FReaking amazed. :)
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posted on
09/18/2009 4:03:24 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: All
Comcast already limits alot of applications as it is, they also throttle down the download speeds if they suspect you of using file sharing programs. This affects your over all browsing speed which they won’t uncap even after you stop using the file sharing programs.
They also shutdown their access to newsgroups citing cost, but it didn’t affect the monthly rate we pay.
Many have speculated it had more to do with conservatives taking to the newsgroups with their message over cost.
To: visualops
I am very skeptical that anything the Obama administration would be pushing, would be in any way good. The devil is of course in the details... And the White House.
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posted on
09/18/2009 4:04:02 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Not really. A lot of the ‘managed traffic’ is torrents and streamed content that cuts into the cable companies’ bottom line.
What this will do is raise internet costs, since this will sharply increase what it costs for ISPs to manage their network.
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posted on
09/18/2009 4:05:15 PM PDT
by
perfect_rovian_storm
(The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
To: La Lydia
This reeks of Trojan Horse to me.
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posted on
09/18/2009 4:05:25 PM PDT
by
TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: Lloyd227
Ya mean like “Card Check?” ;)
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posted on
09/18/2009 4:05:44 PM PDT
by
thoolou
("I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." - David Bradley, inventor of Ctrl-Alt-Del)
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Time Warner stopped screwing with mine when I told them I’d switch to FIOS if they didn’t quit it immediately. Been getting my full 10mb ever since.
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posted on
09/18/2009 4:07:01 PM PDT
by
perfect_rovian_storm
(The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
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