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To: maggief

I would want to see exactly what the FCC would control.

I don’t know who I trust less — the FCC or the cable/telephone Internet providers.

I do know my cable internet provider throttles down my connection speed to a crawl if I have a large number of downloads in a month.


15 posted on 12/01/2010 8:35:25 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy
I would want to see exactly what the FCC would control.

Under current proposals there is nothing that the FCC would control. The proposals tell the IPSs to not restrict the free flow of information on the Internet on the basis of protocol, source or content, and to inform customers of their policies regarding network management. The former is net neutrality, the latter is more of a consumer protection measure. You won't wonder why things slow down, and what the limits are, it'll be right there in black and white for you.

The FCC's role would to be to take complaints of ISP violations from consumers and act on them.

30 posted on 12/01/2010 9:36:00 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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