"And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords." /sarc
Posted on 12/21/2010 2:16:02 PM PST by TheRevolution1776
"For the first time, we'll have enforceable rules of the road to preserve Internet freedom and openness," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said Tuesday morning. He said the rules offered "a strong and sensible framework—one that protects Internet freedom and openness and promotes robust innovation and investment."
Republicans at the FCC and on Capitol Hill blasted the FCC's new rules, saying that they could stifle new investments in broadband networks and are unnecessary since there have been few complaints about Internet providers blocking or slowing web traffic.
The FCC's action "is not motivated by a tangible competitive harm or market failure," said Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker, a Republican, who said she couldn't support the rule because the agency was intervening to regulate the Internet "because it wants to, not because it needs to."
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Congress will take it away.........hopefully.
Congress will take it away.........hopefully.
Roger that, have been thru 3 boxes, one left.
That is how it supposed to be. That isn't how it is or how it has been for a while now.
$64k question is... How do we get back to that standard?
"And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords." /sarc
Not sure but, prepare for the worst.
Fat lot of good it's doing us. RINO's rolling over faster than the National debt clock... Dem's out of control. Government organizations with no Constitutional authority to exist in the first place re-writing their charter absent legislation. Courts ignoring the Constitution and the Bill of Rights...
Things aren't as bad as most folks fear.
They are much worse.
Among other things this is is probably a back door to eventually start collecting federal sales tax on internet purchases.
Newspeak much?
“FCC gives government power...” Well, I stopped reading right there. When did government get it’s power from an AGENCY “of” the government. This BS has got to stop folks or we will be left with no option but revolution. I do not like that prospect but it is more and more on my mind.
It is an opportunity to raise prices. For years the competition has driven down prices - who can give more for less. Now the rules say that every provider MUST provide bandwidth no matter what you are doing.
Right now bandwidth is shared and oversold. I can sell 100 - 5 meg connections and not need 500 megs - I only need about 50 megs or might get by with 35 megs. I monitor it and know when I hit the limit. So the guy who watches lots of movies online might get a little choppy once in a while. Not that I do anything on purpose - but just the nature of things.
Now, however that customer has a reason to complain. His complaints might land me in trouble with the FCC. So rather than let that happen I will raise my price and buy enough bandwidth (maybe buy 100 megs just to be sure). I incur extra cost which I then pass on to my customers. Everyone will do it so I won’t be the high priced option.
So the short answer is that your price will likely go up.
How can the FCC “give” powers to the government?
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